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KUALA LUMPUR — A mid-air collision between two Malaysia n military helicopters in April that killed all 10 people onboard was caused by crew error, the country's navy said Thursday.The helicopters were participating in a flypast rehearsal on April 23 over a naval base outside the capital Kuala Lumpur when one chopper was seen clipping the rear rotor of another.Both helicopters—a Eurocopter AS555SN Fennec and an AgustaWestland AW139—went into a tailspin and crashed, killing everyone onboard.
Photos of the aircraft after the incident showed the Eurocopter model's mangled wreckage on the naval base's stadium track.The AgustaWestland helicopter crashed at the base's swimming pool area.Investigators also found both aircraft to be airworthy and the crew medically fit to fly, while weather conditions that day were ideal, the statement said.Helicopter crashes are not uncommon in the Southeast Asian nation.
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