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Helicopter crashes in Upper Austria
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-11 03:52

VIENNA:A private helicopter crashed on Monday afternoon in Upper Austria, a state of Austria. The pilot was wounded with possible leg fractures, said the Austrian Red Cross.

It happened at about 5:30 p.m. on local time. For unknown reasons, the helicopter landed at the grassland closed to a forest. It was speculated that this was due to technical defects and to take an emergency landing.

The Volunteer firefighters had saved the single pilot in the helicopter.