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التاريخ: 13 رمضان 1435 الموافق 10 يويليو 2014
المكان: مدينة ستروميتسا / مقدونيا
الضحايا: 4 أشخاص

ذكر تلفزيون مقدونيا اليوم الخميس 10 يويليو 2014 أن أربعة اشخاص لقوا حتفهم في حادث تحطم طائرة عمودية تابعة لوزارة الداخلية . وأوضح التلفزيون أن الحادث وقع في مدينة ستروميتسا بالقرب من الحدود اليونانية حيث يعتقد أن الطائرة قد تحطمت نتيجة اصطدامها بأحد أعمدة الاتصالات بالقرب من إحدى الأسواق الشعبية في المدينة. وأضاف المصدر ذاته أن الطائرة تابعة لوزارة الداخلية. دون أن يوضح المهمة التي كانت تقوم بها الطائرة اثناء وقوع الحادث. فيما يقول شهود عيان إن المروحية كانت تحلق دون إضاءة عندما حاول قائدها الهبوط عقب اصطدامها .

Border police helicopter crashes, 4 dead

T 12 July 2014

A border police helicopter crashed last night near the industrial area of Strumica, in the east of FYR Macedonia.
Sources at the Ministry of Interior said that four people died in this accident. The victims were members of the crew, but authorities also suspect of other victims.
The accident took place around 10 pm. Witnesses said that the helicopter has crashed with an antenna of Macedonian Radio, which is 140 meters long.
After the crash, the helicopter fell in pieces in the surrounding area. Senior government officials arrived at the scene along with the mayor of Strumica, Zoran Zaev, who is also the leader of the largest opposition party, LSDM.

KOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A Macedonian police helicopter crashed overnight during a training flight near the southern town of Strumica, killing all four people on board, authorities said Friday.

Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska said the four crew members were all pilots, each with more than 30 years of flight experience. They were on a night training flight when the MI-17B helicopter hit a 120-meter (394-foot) -high television transmitter near Strumica, about 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of the capital Skopje.

"This is the one of the saddest and darkest days in the Interior Ministry's history," a tearful Jankulovska told reporters in the capital, Skopje.

She said the helicopter, produced in 2008, was serviced regularly and the pilots had not reported any technical problems. Two voice recorders were recovered and were expected to provide more details about the accident, Jankulovska added.

Local TV Nova, quoting eyewitnesses, said the helicopter was circling around with no lights and the pilot was trying to land when it hit the transmitter, crashed and exploded.

Helicopter debris could be seen strewn around the scene, extending about 50 meters (yards) from the crash site.


The wreckage of a helicopter are seen at the site of a crash near Macedonia's southeastern town of Strumica, Friday, July 11, 2014. Macedonian authorities say a police helicopter crashed overnight near Strumica, killing all four occupants on board. Photo: Boris Grdanoski,