Twenty Sudanese military men killed in a military helicopter crash

Twenty Sudanese military men were killed including 11 army officers in a military helicopter crash in Um Sayyalah area to the north of Kurdovan.

A military statement said that the helicopter which was carrying 20 passengers including 6 army officers crashed on Tuesday in the downtown of Sudan and this resulted in killing all of its passengers.

The statement added that the helicopter which was carrying one officer to one hospital for treatment after his car accident, faced "a technical problem," but did not clarify its nature.

In Sudan where sandy winds often take place, several plane crash accidents took place in recent years. Some 115 persons were killed in July including a high ranking military official and 8 foreigners in a Boeing 737 airplane crash belongs to the Sudanese airlines in East Sudan. One infant passenger survived this catastrophe which the authorities in Sudan said was a result of technical defect.