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Sierra Leone: UN copter crashes, all on board die

A UN helicopter on a routine flight in eastern Sierra Leone crashed into a hillside Tuesday, killing all 24 people on board, a UN spokeswoman said. Sheila Dallas said the helicopter, an MI8-MTV belonging to the Siberian-based UT air charter company, was on a routine morning flight, normally lasting 70 minutes, to the town of Yengema when it was blinded by jungle thicket and crashed into a hill.

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