Middle East

Pilot dies in Jordan helicopter crash

Helicopter crashes while making emergency landing north of Amman

Ahmed Asmar  | 20.06.2023 - Update : 20.06.2023
Pilot dies in Jordan helicopter crash

AMMAN, Jordan 

A Jordanian pilot on Tuesday died of wounds sustained in a helicopter crash a day earlier, the army said in a statement.

A Cobra military-type helicopter crashed in Baqa’a, north of the capital Amman, on Monday while trying to make an emergency landing.

Two pilots were injured in the crash, before one of them succumbed to his injuries.

The military statement did not specify the cause of the crash.

No injuries were reported among civilians.


*Writing by Ahmed Asmar

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