Tunisia searches for military helicopter, crew after they go missing during night mission

Tunisia searches for military helicopter, crew after they go missing during night mission
Tunisia's defence ministry said on Thursday morning it has lost contact with a helicopter and its crew of four members.
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08 June, 2023
The ministry said it was searching land and sea areas to determine the location of the helicopter and crew members [Getty]

Tunisia's defence ministry has lost contact with a helicopter that left for a night flight near Bizerte with four crew members on board, it said in a statement on Thursday carried by the Tunisian press agency TAP.

The statement said the helicopter was conducting a night flight mission in the Cap Serrat area of the Bizerte governorate late on Wednesday.

The ministry said it was searching land and sea areas to determine the location of the helicopter and crew members.