the Two helicopter pilots were killed during a training exercise for the UN force in Mali.

an-64 Apache belonging to the armed forces of the Netherlands, crashed in Northern Mali during military exercises, according to defence-blog.com.

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Representatives of the UN forces reported that the helicopter crew worked "hard landing" during a training exercise near Gao in the North of the country. However, due to possible technical problems EN-64 Apache crashed. One of the pilots died on the spot and another died later from injuries in a French field hospital.

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the Dutch defence Minister General Tom Middendorp, noted that "... although everything indicates that it was an accident, we can not definitively prove it". Upon crash under investigation.

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