Two Egyptian Air Force officers were killed Tuesday morning in an accident during training, the army said in a statement.
The helicopter crashed in the town of Shalufa, near a major military air base in Suez governorate, 124 km east of Cairo “due to a technical problem”, a security official said. -military spokesperson in a message published on his Facebook page.
He did not specify the model of the helicopter.
The Egyptian army has a diverse fleet of fighter jets and helicopters, including from Russia, the United States and France.
Military aircraft accidents are rare in Egypt.
In November 2022, a fighter plane crashed during an exercise, without causing any casualties, and in December 2019, an Egyptian army pilot survived the crash of his plane after parachuting.
