25.01.2014 - Egypt: sestřel vojenské helikoptéry

Helicopter Mil Mi-17 the Egyptian air force, crashed near the village of el-Kharouba. On board were 5 people who all died. To the loss of the helicopter occurred in areas where there are militant sections (and apparently here there are fights between them and the government troops). From the reports it is not clear whether the machine crashed, e.g. due to a technical malfunction, or perhaps he was even shot down, according to video of the jihadists from the 27. January 2014, is the apparent shot handheld anti-aircraft missiles, the intervention of the helicopter, which falls increasingly steeper, and also the intensity of the fire gaining intensity, the machine turns out practically perpendicular, cab first, into the field.

Sources:
aviation-safety.net
www.breitbart.com
mynorthwest.com
now.mmedia.me
www.jpost.com.
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