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Helicopter with senior Kuwait officer crashes in Bangladesh

Helicopter with senior Kuwait officer crashes in Bangladesh | iNFOnews.ca
In this Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, photo released by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Bangladeshi authorities check the site of a helicopter crash in Moulvibazar district, northeastern Bangladesh which was carrying Kuwait's chief of staff Lieutenant General Mohammed Khaled Al-Khadher, who survived. (KUNA via AP)

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Kuwait’s news agency says a helicopter carrying the armed forces chief of staff has crashed in Bangladesh, but only one person on board had minor injuries.

The KUNA news agency says the helicopter came down Wednesday in trees because of thick fog. A photo published on the agency’s website shows the helicopter tilted forward on the ground with its tail snapped off.

The accident happened in northeastern Bangladesh.

Kuwait’s chief of staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Khadher is on an official visit to Bangladesh.

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