The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority said on Friday that an AeroGulf helicopter had fallen into the sea and that a search was underway for its crew, consisting of two pilots.
The authority stated that the Bell212 helicopter, belonging to Aerogulf, bearing the registration mark A6-ALD, was on a night training flight and took off from Al Maktoum International Airport and then fell into the sea, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The authority added, in a statement, that search and rescue teams recovered the wreckage, and the search is still ongoing for the plane’s crew, which consists of an Egyptian and a South African.
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