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19:05, 22-Sep-2018
Sightseeing chopper crash kills two in north China
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18:13, 25-Sep-2018
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A sightseeing chopper crash in Handan City in north China's Hebei Province has killed two people aboard, according to local authority.
Respond team discovered bodies of the operator and a passenger after the chopper went down near Guangfu town on Saturday. No other casualties have been reported so far.
The dead haven't been identified yet by police and a probe into the cause has been ordered.
According to witnesses, the chopper belonged to an amusement park and a female passenger was aboard with an operator.
The incident happened at around 2:39 pm local time, images and video circulated online show black smoke billowing from the crashed chopper.
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