Investigation opens into fatal Kosovo helicopter crash
British investigators are flying out to inspect the site of the fatal helicopter crash in Kosovo.
Two people died when the Puma helicopter, carrying seven people, crashed near Macedonia.
British forces identified the dead as RAF Flight Lieutenant James Maguire, 31, and Captain Andrew Crous, 28, of the army air corps.
The helicopter crashed just outside of Kacanik, 30 miles south of Pristina.
Visibility was poor when it went down and there are no indications as yet of hostile fire.
Five others were injured and are being treated at the US military hospital at Camp Bondsteel. Their injuries are not life threatening.
The helicopter landed on its side in a wooded area, surrounded by piles of branches it sheared from trees as its propellers fell to earth.
The Kosovo-Macedonia border has been the scene of fighting in recent weeks between ethnic Albanian guerrillas and Macedonian government troops trying put down the insurgency.
British troops have been among those sent to reinforce the Kosovo side of the border over the past weeks in an attempt to help contain the insurgency by reducing the movement of men and arms to and from Macedonia.
Macedonian government officials have claimed they have regained control of the crisis. The area has been relatively calm for the last week.
