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| France helicopter crash: Five killed as two army aircraft collide | |
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| Two army helicopters have collided in southern France, killing at least five people, police and officials say. | |
| The crash happened at Carcès lake, just north of St Tropez. | The crash happened at Carcès lake, just north of St Tropez. |
| Rescuers are at the scene, in the Var region, searching for a sixth person who was aboard one of the helicopters. | Rescuers are at the scene, in the Var region, searching for a sixth person who was aboard one of the helicopters. |
| It is not clear what caused the crash. Both Gazelle helicopters belonged to a military flying school called Ealat, officials said. It trains pilots for the army and other military services. | |
| The Ealat website says the flying school at Cannet des Maures has 82 aircraft and trains French, German and Spanish helicopter pilots. | |
| The Gazelle has been in service with the French military since the 1970s and is used by the French forces in Mali, in their anti-terror mission. | |
| A French army Gazelle crashed into a power line at Caylus in 2003, killing four people. | |
| A similar crash near Draguignan in 1994 killed three people, broadcaster France Info says. |