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| Afghan helicopter crash kills 16 | Afghan helicopter crash kills 16 |
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| A civilian helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 16 people, a military official has told the BBC. | A civilian helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 16 people, a military official has told the BBC. |
| The helicopter crashed at the Kandahar airfield, Nato's largest base in southern Afghanistan, apparently as it was trying to take off. | |
| Reports from Moscow say the helicopter was a Russian-built Mi-8. | Reports from Moscow say the helicopter was a Russian-built Mi-8. |
| The crash is the second of a helicopter in Afghanistan in a week. Six died in a crash in Helmand province on Tuesday. | The crash is the second of a helicopter in Afghanistan in a week. Six died in a crash in Helmand province on Tuesday. |
| 'Not shot down' | |
| Russia's Interfax agency quoted a spokesman for Russia's Federal Air Transportation Agency (Fata) as saying the aircraft was a Russian-built Mi-8 transport helicopter. | |
| Fata said it was owned by the Russian air company Vertikal-T. | |
| The nationalities of the dead are not yet known. | The nationalities of the dead are not yet known. |
| A statement from the International Security Assistance Force said: "A civilian contracted helicopter crashed during take-off from Kandahar airfield. | |
| "Emergency personnel are on the scene. There was no indication of the cause of the accident but insurgent action has been ruled out." | |
| The dead in Tuesday's crash in Helmand were all civilians. | |
| That helicopter crashed near the Sangin military base, with local people saying it had been shot down by insurgents. |