Intl experts join Mexico helicopter crash probe

MEXICO CITY - International experts have been invited to join the investigation into a helicopter crash that killed two prominent politicians in Mexico on Christmas Eve, the government said on Tuesday.

The crash claimed the lives of five people including the current and former governors of Mexico's central state of Puebla.

Deputy Minister of Transport Carlos Moran told a news conference on Tuesday that representatives of the helicopter's Italian manufacturer Agusta and engine maker Pratt and Whitney are already working with the national civil aviation agency at the site of the crash.