A Sudanese military helicopter crashed Wednesday shortly after taking off from an airport in an eastern province that borders Ethiopia, Sudanese officials said.
The Apache attack helicopter was filled with weapons and ammunition, and exploded after crashing at the Wad Zayed airport in al-Showak. All three crew members on board survived the incident, according to Sudanese officials. The cause was not immediately clear.
The crash came as General Abdel-Fattah Burhan was in al-Qadarif to inspect troops stationed near the Sudan-Ethiopia border.
Ethiopian military accused of violating airspace
Sudan’s foreign ministry said an Ethiopian military aircraft crossed the border on the same day as the Sudanese helicopter crash.
The foreign ministry said the incident “could have dangerous consequences, and cause more tension in the border area.”
An Ethiopian military spokesman told AFP he had no “tangible information” about Sudan’s claim, but the situation at the border was “normal.”
