Two killed as Saudi military helicopter crashes

Two Saudi military officers were killed when a reconnaissance helicopter crashed in the southern Najran region on Sunday with the Saudi-led coalition attributing the incident to a technical malfunction.

In an official statement, the coalition confirmed that the AH-6i helicopter belonged to Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of National Guard and had crashed within Saudi territory.

Coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki said the accident resulted in the deaths of both officers aboard the aircraft.

The coalition did not identify the officers or provide further details about the circumstances of the crash.

The coalition explicitly attributed the crash to a technical malfunction.

In its statement on the helicopter crash, the Saudi-led coalition expressed condolences to the families of the two officers killed. Source: Gulf Business.