In Iraq, Mi-17 helicopter crashed.

According to local news agencies, a military helicopter carried seven persons on board, however, flying over the territory of the province of Wasit, it began to sharply lose altitude and crashed into the ground. Despite the rapid arrival at the scene of the plane crash of rescuers, no one survived the crash.

The reasons and circumstances of the plane crash that have occurred so far remain unknown, while experts are mainly considering three versions of this tragedy, in particular, it is about aircraft overload, technical malfunction and pilot error.

Originally, there were reports that the helicopter could be fired from the ground, however, later, this information received an official refutation.