7 killed in Dubai chopper crash
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A helicopter has crashed off the coast of Dubai killing all seven people on board, the civil aviation authority said.
It said the helicopter, which was travelling from Dubai's main international airport to an offshore oil field in the Gulf, was carrying an American, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Filipino, a Venezuelan and two Indians.
"The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates immediately set up an investigation team to find out the cause of the aircraft crash," it said in a statement.
- Reuters
