16 Spot Dead, 5 Injured in a Chopper Crash Near Hanoi.

In a press release Vietnamese doctors informed that 16 military personnel have been killed in a flight crash. The crash is reported to take place near Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The chopper was carrying 21 personnel; all military based who got killed in a disastrous crash.

The reports suggest, the chopper which went down in crash was Russian made and it crashed on Monday. The military reports present a scenario, according to which the crash happened, 15 minutes after the take-off. The chopper was sent on to a parachute training session and all the personnel on the chopper were bound to undergo parachute jumping training when this crash happened.

According to the latest reports available 16 personnel were dead at the spot while the remaining five have undergone serious injuries and are treated with the best medical services available at the bay of hospital they are admitted into.

This accident happened when the chopper was on duty and was bound to take the military personnel for the regular training session. These training sessions prepare the military men for relief and rescue work during the time of natural disasters and attacks by non-governmental organizations. Similar team was used for finding the plane from Malaysia with some three hundred people, which went missing on 8th of March while on its way to Beijing from Malaysia.

The military men and officers are trying not to disclose the whole incident but the sources have confirmed that 16 military personnel are dead and the rest five are treated with the best of medical supervision.

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