Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Two French Army Training Helicopters Crash, Five Dead

February 2, 2018 9:12, Last Updated: February 2, 2018 9:12

A gendarme secures an area near the site where two French military helicopters belonging to an army flight training school crashed killing five people near the Lac de Carces in the southeastern Var region, France, Feb. 2, 2018. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)

By Reuters

MARSEILLE—Two French military helicopters belonging to an army flight training school crashed in the southeastern Var region on Friday, causing deaths, the local prefecture said.

A security source and an official from the local authority said five people were killed in the accident.

There were no immediate details on what caused the crash.

Gendarmes block the road near the site where two French military helicopters belonging to an army flight training school crashed killing five people near the Lac de Carces in the southeastern Var region, France, Feb. 2, 2018. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)

Five people are thought to have died in the crash. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)

By Jean-Francois Rosboblet in Marseille and Emmanuel Jarry in Paris

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