Copyright 1996 British Broadcasting
Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
June 26, 1996, Wednesday
SECTION: Part 2 Central Europe, the Balkins; FORMER YUGOSLAVIA; FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF YUGOSLAVIA; EE/D2649/A
LENGTH: 138 words
HEADLINE: ARMED FORCES;
Yugoslav Army general killed in helicopter crash in Nis
SOURCE: Source: Tanjug news agency, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 1830 gmt 25 Jun
96
BODY:
[18] Excerpt from report by Tanjug news agency
Belgrade, 25th June: Maj-Gen Mihailo Djordja Zugic, assistant Chief of General
Staff of the Yugoslav Army, was killed at 1420 1220 gmt today when a helicopter
of the Yugoslav Air Force crashed on landing at Nis airport southern Serbia
.
Aircraft technician, Sergeant Major Milan Dragomira Senic, also died from injuries
sustained in the crash. Pilots Captain Radovan Ranka Vuckovic and Captain Goran
Aleksandra Milekic were injured and are being treated in the military hospital
in Nis.
The injured and the scene of the crash have been visited by Chief of General
Staff of the Yugoslav Army Col-Gen Momcilo Perisic, commander of the Air Force
and Air Defence, Lt-Col-Gen Ljubisa Velickovic, and commander of the 3rd Army
district Lt-Col-Gen Dusan Samardzic.
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