Libyan medics say a helicopter crashed near the eastern city where the internationally-recognized parliament is based, killing all six people on board, including the military adviser of a powerful general.

Tobruk Medical Center says in a statement Tuesday that the son of the adviser to Gen. Khalifa Hifter was also on board the helicopter, which crashed the night before.

The Libyan news portal al-Wasat quoted Col. Al-Safi al-Sanini as saying that the MI8 helicopter was on an official mission to Ras Lanuf oil terminal, once of three such facilities captured by Hifter's forces last week.

The debris was found 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Tobruk, where the parliament is based. Hifter is allied with the parliament, which has rejected a U.N.-backed government based in the capital, Tripoli. </s> Six killed in military helicopter crash in east Libya - source

BENGHAZI, Libya Sept 20 (Reuters) - Six people were killed when a military helicopter operated by armed forces loyal to Libya's eastern government crashed late on Monday, a military source said.

Among those killed was Colonel Idris Younes, an adviser to the head of Libya's eastern parliament, the source said, adding that two passengers survived.

He said the crash occurred about 65 km (40 miles) from Tobruk, where the eastern parliament is based. The cause of the crash was not clear.

The parliament moved to the east in 2014 after rival factions seized control of the capital, Tripoli, setting up parallel institutions.

A U.N.-backed government is now trying to establish itself from Tripoli, but it has failed to win endorsement from the east. (Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by Andrew Heavens) </s> A military helicopter crashed in eastern Libya on Tuesday, killing five people including officers loyal to authorities that have refused to cede power to a unity government, parliament said.

It was not immediately clear why the aircraft came down.

The victims included General Idris Yunis al-Dressi, chief of staff for Aguila Saleh, speaker of the internationally recognised parliament based in Tobruk in eastern Libya.

His son Ahmed Idris al-Dressi, who worked in the parliament, was also killed along with two air force colonels and one lieutenant.

The four officers belonged to the forces under the command of military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has refused to get behind a UN-backed unity government and supports the parallel authority based in eastern Libya near the border with Egypt aligned with the Tobruk parliament.

According to a statement posted on parliament's website, the helicopter was returning from an official visit to Ras Lanuf, a key oil export terminal.

Last week, forces led by Haftar seized Ras Lanuf and three other ports in the so-called "oil crescent".

They later handed them over to the National Oil Corporation.

On Sunday fighters loyal to the unity government launched an attack aimed at retaking two of the ports but were repelled. </s> Moscow: At least eight people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in south Russia’s Chechnya Republic on Wednesday, authorities said.

The aircraft reportedly belonged to the Border Guard Service, TASS news agency reported.

“According to preliminary information, up to eight people were killed in the incident,” a spokesman for the local emergencies services told the news agency.

“The information on casualties is being verified,” he said. </s> MOSCOW, March 7. /TASS/. A Mil Mi-8 multipurpose helicopter crashed in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a spokesman for the local emergencies services told TASS on Wednesday.

"According to preliminary information, up to eight people were killed in the incident," the spokesman said. "The information on casualties is being verified."

He added that the helicopter presumably belonged to the Border Guard Service. </s> A Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia’s region of Chechnya, leaving five people dead, Sputnik reported.

“According to the preliminary data, a special forces’ helicopter crashed, killing at least five people out of nine, being aboard,” a source said.

According to the source, the emergency response group hasn’t reached the scene of the crash yet.

The authorities haven’t commented on the incident yet.

At the same time, Sputnik quotes a medical source at the Russian Emergencies Ministry, two medical brigades have headed to the crash site. </s> An Ethiopian official says a military helicopter has crashed and killed all 18 people on board, including two children.

Police official Aschalew Alemu tells the Ethiopian News Agency that the crash occurred Thursday morning in the Oromia region. The helicopter was traveling from the eastern city of Dire Dawa to an air base in Bishoftu town southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.

Aschalew says the cause of the crash is under investigation. </s> ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian state media are reporting that a military helicopter has crashed and killed all 18 people on board, including two children.

Police official Aschalew Alemu tells the Ethiopian News Agency that the crash occurred Thursday morning in the Oromia region. The helicopter was traveling from the eastern city of Dire Dawa to an air base in Bishoftu town southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.

Aschalew says the cause of the crash is under investigation.

The state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports that 15 military personnel and three civilians are dead. </s> At least seven people have died following a helicopter crash in Sudan’s Gadaref State in the east.

Sudan’s state news agency Suna reported that the governor of Gadaref, the state agriculture minister, and other senior security officials were among the victims in Sunday’s helicopter crash.

The state officials had been on a security inspection trip when the helicopter crashed as the pilot tried to land at the airport.

Sudan’s aircraft, most of them Soviet-made, are in poor condition. This state of affairs has led to a number of crashes over the last few years.

However, the military has instead blamed the crashes on bad weather and technical problems.

In October, eight people were injured in a collision between two Sudanese army planes on the runway at Khartoum airport, the East African reported.

Two pilots were killed in September when their military jet crashed near Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city on the west bank of the Nile. And only days earlier a military helicopter crashed and caught fire upon landing in Darfur with all passengers surviving.

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An Mi-8 transport helicopter crashes near the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, killing at least six people.