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| German military helicopter crashes in northern Germany - local media | German military helicopter crashes in northern Germany - local media |
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| At least one person has been killed and another seriously injured after a military helicopter crashed in northwestern Germany, local media reported. | |
| The crash occurred near the neighborhood of Hameln in Lower Saxony, according to German media, citing a spokesperson for the fire service. | The crash occurred near the neighborhood of Hameln in Lower Saxony, according to German media, citing a spokesperson for the fire service. |
| The aircraft, whose type is not yet known, hit a corn field at the edge of a forest. The crash sparked a fire on the ground, the local fire brigade said on Twitter. | The aircraft, whose type is not yet known, hit a corn field at the edge of a forest. The crash sparked a fire on the ground, the local fire brigade said on Twitter. |
| Meanwhile, police cordoned off the entire crash site while the blaze was extinguished. Hameln is located just 30km away from an international helicopter training center in the town of Bueckeburg, according to Die Welt. | Meanwhile, police cordoned off the entire crash site while the blaze was extinguished. Hameln is located just 30km away from an international helicopter training center in the town of Bueckeburg, according to Die Welt. |
| The Eurocopter H135 helicopter was flying an air force training mission out of Bueckeburg. | |
| The crash occurred just one week after a pair of the German Air Force’s Eurofighter jets collided during flight training in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. | The crash occurred just one week after a pair of the German Air Force’s Eurofighter jets collided during flight training in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. |
| Both pilots managed to eject after the collision but, hours later, the Air Force reported that one of them had been found dead. | Both pilots managed to eject after the collision but, hours later, the Air Force reported that one of them had been found dead. |
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