16 dead in Vietnam copter crash

Sixteen people have been killed and five injured when a Vietnamese military helicopter crashed in the capital Hanoi early on Monday.

Quoting a top military official, AFP ran the story, reports Times of India.

"The plane was carrying 21 people and it crashed during a parachute training exercise, killing 16 and injuring five others," Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, army deputy commander, told AFP.

The dead and injured were all military personnel, he added.