Military helicopter carrying 19 passengers, four crew ‘missing’ in Laos
A military transport helicopter carrying 19 passengers and four crew members in northern Laos is missing more than 36 hours after it departed an airport in the capital Vientiane, an Air Force official has said.
Air traffic control in Vientiane lost contact with the MI-17 helicopter on 27 July, shortly after it departed Wattay International Airport, heading for Houaphan, an official of the Lao Air Force told RFA’s Lao Service.
