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Article: Four killed in air crash in southern Nigeria
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 4, 2003
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Four killed in air crash in southern Nigeria
LAGOS, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Four persons, including two pilots,
were killed and eight others injured Friday in the southern Nigerian
state of Rivers when a private charter helicopter crashed, local
media reported Saturday.
The helicopter, operated by Aero Contractors Company Nigeria Ltd.
with 10 passengers and two pilots on board, "crashed into water near
Brass terminal," said a statement issued by Andrea Forzoni, vice
chairman and managing director of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company
(NAOC) which chartered the plane.
"The two pilots and ...