Almotamar.net - An official military source at the Yemeni Defence Ministry said Monday a military helicopter crashed in Kahlan area on Sunday, Saada province immediately after taking off because of a technical failure. The plane was heading for Sana’a, carrying seven wounded soldiers for receiving treatment.

The source said the crash incident caused the martyrdom of the seven soldiers, pilot and three of its crew and two soldiers of a military patrol on which the helicopter crashed in its sudden fall to the ground. A third soldier was also injured.