{"id":1692,"date":"2017-11-12T07:29:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T08:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraqi-army-chopper-crashes-seven-killed\/"},"modified":"2017-11-12T07:29:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T08:29:11","slug":"iraqi-army-chopper-crashes-seven-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraqi-army-chopper-crashes-seven-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi army chopper crashes, seven killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">An army helicopter has crashed in central Iraq, killing all the seven military personnel on board.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"46\">\n<p>\n\tA statement by Iraq\u2019s Defense Ministry said the Russian-made Mi-17 utility helicopter crashed in the early hours of Sunday during a training exercise in the central Wasit Province, presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe statement added that the cause of the accident was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIraqi air force officers were separately quoted by Reuters as saying that two pilots and five army officers had been on board the army helicopter and had been killed in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThey cited technical malfunction as the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIraqi army helicopters have played an effective role in the fight against Daesh, supporting forces on the ground in their push to drive the Takfiri terrorist group out of occupied Iraqi territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi An army helicopter has crashed in central Iraq, killing all the seven military personnel on board. A statement by Iraq\u2019s Defense Ministry said the Russian-made Mi-17 utility helicopter crashed in the early hours of Sunday during a training exercise in the central Wasit Province, presstv.com reported. 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