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Helicopter that crash landed in Ethiopia worked under contract with UN Development Program

The four crew members were rushed to a Red Cross hospital
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS

UNITED NATIONS, July 31 (Itar-Tass) - A Russian helicopter that made an emergency landing in Ethiopia on Wednesday worked under contract with the UN Development program, Farhan Haq, Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

He said as far as it was known, the incident had not caused loss of life.

A source in the Russian embassy in Addis Ababa told Itar-Tass earlier in the day that four crew members were injured in the emergency landing.

The official told Itar-Tass earlier in the day that the four crew members were injured in the emergency landing.

“The four crew members were rushed to a Red Cross hospital. Three of them are in a serious condition. One is in a medium grave condition,” the official said. He said one of the pilots was operated on.