UN peacekeeping helicopter crashes in C.Africa, 3 dead: UN force
[AFP] AFP•September 27, 2019
Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - Three Senegalese crew were killed and a fourth was injured when a combat helicopter used by United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic crashed in the west of the country, the UN force said on Friday.
"It is with immense sorrow that I have learned of the crash of a Senegalese combat helicopter as it was landing at Bouar, leading to three deaths and one injured," the head of the MINUSCA mission, Mankeur Ndiaye, said on Twitter.
The crash of the Russian-made helicopter was confirmed by the Senegalese army in a statement.
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/un-peacekeeping-helicopter-crashes-c-africa-3-dead-201355922.html
I think the blue helmets do do some good, whenever people gripe about the UN, they do something.
If this is there big city of Bangui, it does have a nice skyline:
https://airssist.com/bangui-airport-concierge/This would seem to be the way many would envision it, from wikipedia.
