U.N. Helicopter Reportedly Shot Down in South Sudan

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A United Nations helicopter on a routine cargo flight crashed in South Sudan, the U.N. Mission in South Sudan said on Tuesday. A South Sudan government spokesman told The Associated Press that it appears the aircraft was shot down.

The U.N. is "deeply concerned about fate of crew," the mission said in a tweet. The U.N. has dispatched a search and rescue team to the crash site, it added, and it said that investigations regarding the cause of the incident would begin as soon as possible.

UNMISS deeply concerned about fate of crew, has dispatched a search & rescue team to site of incident.

— UNMISS (@unmisspio) August 26, 2014 Read more...

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