Army helicopter crashes in SKorea

20/02/2008 14:08:32

An army helicopter has crashed in South Korea killing all seven people on board.

Army officials say the chopper crashed at about half past one in the morning local time in Gyeonggi Province in the country's north.

The helicopter has been returning to its base after dropping off an emergency patient at a military hospital near Seoul.

Officials say the wreckage was located shortly before 4am.

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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