Armenia's NKR army drone showing photos of helicopter crash site before & after recovery of bodies
The bodies of three pilots have been removed from a crash site in a special military operation after their helicopter from a region controlled by ethnic Armenians was shown down by Azeri forces earlier this month, officials from the region said.The downing of the helicopter was the first such incident since a ceasefire was agreed in 1994 following a war over the tiny mountainous territory in the South Caucasus and has ratcheted up tensions between Armenia and oil-producing Azerbaijan.
Azeri armed forces had been preventing soldiers from approaching the crash site and removing the bodies of the pilots, who were on a training flight, according to defence ministry officials in both the Nagorno-Karabakh territory and Armenia.
"As a result of a special operation, the remains of the crew were retrieved, as were specific parts of the helicopter," Karabakh's defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday.It said that two Azeri soldiers were killed during the operation and that the Armenian side did not suffer any losses.Azeri officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Downing of the helicopter video
