
A helicopter crashed in Papua of eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing the pilot and injuring three others, senior local police officer said.
The accident occurred just after the copper landed on a gold mining compound in Degeuwo district, Deputy Police chief of Papua Brigadier General Rudolf Albert Roja said.
"Suddenly, winds blew strongly and hit the copper. The copper felt into a ravine, killing the pilot," he told Xinhua
"One passenger was badly injured on his chest and now are being intensively treated in a hospital in Nabire, and the two other passengers sustained minor wounds,
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