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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Safety Probe launched After 2nd Chopper Accident

British Army Lynx HelicopterThe military has begun a safety inspection of its anti-submarine helicopters after a second unexplained chopper accident in one week, Yonhap News reported Sunday.

A Lynx helicopter that made an emergency landing in waters off the west coast late Saturday has been lifted onto a ship for transport, and an investigation team has been sent to the scene, the quoted officials as saying.

The chopper was forced to make an emergency water landing 20.7 kilometers south of Socheong Island at around 10 p.m. Saturday on its way back to a Navy destroyer from a patrolling mission, the military said.

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