Helicopter fell in Iraq: there are dead

Five servicemen died on Thursday as a result of the wreck of the helicopter Mi-17 Iraqi army north of Baghdad. About this, as reported by Al Sumaria TV channel, reported a joint operational command of the Armed Forces.

“Weekly about five heroes – Pilot-Colonel Osame Az-Zubejdi, Pillota Ali Ali Fadel Gadbane and the crew members of the Mi-17 helicopter, who died in a catastrophe near the Amerley district at dawn at 02:45 local time (coincides with Moscow) during the fulfillment of combat tasks, “the communiqué is noted. What caused the accident, did not specify in the command.

Earlier it was reported that the helicopter fell near the village of Amerli in the province of Salah-Ed Din, after which I caught fire.