MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus' border guard says one of its helicopters has crashed, killing five people, including three members of a television crew.
Border guards spokesman Alexander Tishchenko says the twin-engine helicopter made by Eurocopter crashed about a kilometer (half a mile) from the Lithuanian border and burst into flames.
The two crew members and three journalists on board were killed.
The spokesman says the case of Thursday’s crash was not yet known.
