The coalition blamed a "technical malfunction" for the incident, which inflicted its first military fatalities since the long-running war with the Houthis reignited in July
Spokesman says reconnaissance helicopter crashes due to technical malfunction
The helicopter crashed in an area under the jurisdiction of the Saudi National Guard Ministry, the statement added.
The AH-6i helicopter’s crash near the city of Najran was due to a technical fault, the Saudi-led coalition leading a campaign against the Houthis said.
The Houthis claim to have downed the helicopter in a southwestern region bordering Yemen Two Saudi Air Force officers died when an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in southwestern Najran...
After a four-year, uneasy truce, Yemen's conflict reignited in July and intensified when the Iran-backed group seized strategic territory along the Red Sea coast last month.
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