AhlulBayt News Agency - The pilot and copilot of a United Arab Emirates military helicopter have been killed after their aircraft crashed in Yemen.
According to a statement released by the UAE’s armed forces’ general command, the chopper went down on Monday while taking part in the Saudi-led military operations in Yemen. The statement did not specify the type of helicopter or the circumstances and location of the incident.
But, according to witnesses quoted by AFP, the crash took place in the southern port city of Aden.
On Sunday, another UAE chopper went down in international waters, killing all its passengers in an incident which the general command referred to as "a routine sortie over international waters," without giving further information.
Yemen has been since March 26, 2015 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition.
Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.
Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.
