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Four Russian servicemen were killed and 11 others wounded when an Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Chechnya on Sunday, spokesman for the Russian air force Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
The chopper dropped outside the town of Novogroznensky just a few seconds after take-off, Interfax quoted the spokesman as saying.
He said the helicopter may have crashed due to a technical failure or it may have been hit by ground fire, possibly by a missile.
A Defense Ministry commission will fly to Chechnya to investigate the incident, Drobyshevsky said.
(Xinhua News Agency July 6, 2003)
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