French military helicopter crashes in Gabon

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A military helicopter carrying 10 French soldiers crashed in the sea off the west African nation of Gabon during a bilateral exercise, the French presidency says.


"The President of the Republic (Nicolas Sarkozy) has just been informed about the crash of a French helicopter with 10 military personnel aboard in the sea off Gabon as it participated in a bilateral exercise," it said in a statement.
"The head of state has asked that all available means in the area be immediately deployed to find the soldiers who were aboard," it said.

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1 dead
3 rescued (2 wounded)
6 missing

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UK Reuters is saying 7 of the French soldiers died, 2 survived, and 1 is missing.

French army helicopter crashes off Gabon