A Saudi Arabian prince, Mansour bin Muqrin, has been killed along with several other officials in a helicopter crash the near the country’s border with Yemen, local media reported.
A helicopter, with a group of Saudi officials on an inspection trip, crashed in the Asir Region in the country’s southwest, reports said.
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وفاة الأمير منصور بن مقرن نائب عسير وعدد من المسؤولين الكبار بعد #سقوط_طائرة_مروحية_عسير أثناء عملهم.
.#وفاة_منصور_بن_مقرن_ومرافقيه pic.twitter.com/aQaA3fNFip— أخبار السعودية (@SaudiNews50) November 5, 2017
The prince was serving as deputy governor of the southern province of Asir. He was a son of Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who briefly was Saudi Arabia’s crown prince from January to April 2015.
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العثور على حطام الطائرة التي تحطمت بالأمير منصور بن مقرن .
.#تحطم_طايره_مروحيه_عسير #وفاة_منصور_بن_مقرن_ومرافقيه
. pic.twitter.com/ScY8XacGGe— أخبار السعودية (@SaudiNews50) November 5, 2017
The bodies of the deceased officials have been recovered, SaudiNews50 reported late Sunday, after posting a video of the recovery efforts.
Eight people were on board the helicopter, including the Undersecretary and the Secretary of the Asir Region, Al-Arabiya reported, citing sources. None are believed to have survived the crash.
The incident occurred as the officials were on their way back from an inspection trip to al-Saida al-Sawalha Center in the municipality of Mahail Asir, it added. A video, believed to be the last one of Prince Mansour alive, was released by the channel, showing him and accompanying officials boarding the helicopter. RT News
