Nairobi: 17 soldiers were killed and six were critically injured in a helicopter crash on Thursday. The helicopter crashed near Kajiado County near Nairobi in Kenya. The soldiers were on a training exercise.
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The Kenyan military has confirmed the accident but did not reveal any further details. Kenyan police informed that there were 23 soldiers inside the chopper.
Earlier in another incident, 6 personnel of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) were killed after an S-70i Black Hawk utility helicopter crashed during its training flight . The newly acquired chopper crashed just after its take-off from an airbase in Capas town in Tarlac province.
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