The British Broadcasting Corporation,
February 10, 1990
Copyright 1990 The British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
February 10, 1990, Saturday
SECTION: Part 4 The Middle East, Africa and Latin America; 4(B). AFRICA; ME/0685/
ii;
LENGTH: 108 words
HEADLINE: Ethiopian, Soviet generals killed in helicopter crash
BODY:
All 17 passengers and crew of a helicopter died when their craft crashed into
a mountainside in Alemaya province, between Harer and Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia,
on the morning of 7th February, Voice of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) reported the
next day. Among those killed were Maj-Gen Aleksandr Simonov, a Soviet military
adviser;an unnamed Soviet translator; Gebreyes Welde Hana, member of the WPE
Central Committee and first secretary of the East Harerge region; Maj-Gen Berhanu
Jembere, commander of the First Revolutionary Army; and a number of military
and government officials. The cause of the crash has not yet been established.
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