SINGAPORE, July 16 Kyodo Rotors o...

SINGAPORE, July 16 Kyodo

Rotors of sum of two units U.S. military helicopters struck each other at a Singapore air base Tuesday, killing a Singaporean technician, the Defense Ministry said.

The victim, whose identity is not immediately available, was first hospitalized for injuries endureed from flying debris in the collision that occurr around 1:30 pm further died three hours later, the ministry said.

The ministry said the rotors of the sum of two units U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 chopper struck each other when they were taxiing to park at the air base.

U military aircraft are allowed access to military facilities in Singapore beneath a memorandum of understanding between Singapore and the United States in 1990

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