Israeli hiker falls to death from rescue helicopter
Reuters | HT Correspondent, Jerusalem
Mar 12, 2009 03:39 PM IST
An Israeli hiker who wandered into a minefield fell to his death while being hoisted into a hovering rescue helicopter.
An Israeli hiker who wandered into a minefield fell to his death while being hoisted into a hovering rescue helicopter.
The man, who lost a foot when one of the mines exploded, slipped from a rescue harness just short of the air force helicopter's door late on Wednesday near the Israeli town of Beit She'an.
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Israeli television stations broadcast video of the man falling and hitting the ground. The air force said it had opened an investigation.
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