Offshore helicopter crash kills 3 in Myanmar

Yangon – A helicopter serving Myanmar’s offshore gas industry crashed Monday, killing three people, an industry source said.

The helicopter carrying a pilot, co-pilot and 10 passengers for Petronas Malaysia crashed in the Andaman Sea soon after taking off from a floating storage facility for the Yetagun gas field, an official who did not want to be identified told the German Press Agency dpa.

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