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Mexico earthquake: Helicopter crashes in emergency killing 13
Source: BBC
A helicopter carrying senior officials has crashed while they assessed damage from Friday's Mexican earthquake, killing 13 including three children.
Mexico's interior minister and the governor of the south-west Oaxaca state were on board, but neither was hurt.
The aircraft's pilot lost control as it was coming in to land, Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said.
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Officials said the helicopter had crashed on top of two vans in a field while trying to land not far from the epicentre, near the town of Pinotepa de Don Luis.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43098891
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