Belgrade--A Serbian military helicopter evacuating a five-day-old baby for emergency medical treatment has crashed in heavy fog, leaving no survivors, the defence ministry said Saturday.
"Unfortunately there are no survivors," the defence ministry said in a statement, without specifying the number of people on board.
Local media reported that the aircraft had seven people aboard including a four-member crew, two medical workers and the baby suffering severe respiratory problems.
The Mi-17 helicopter rushing the baby to a Belgrade hospital crashed late Friday near the Serbian capital, the defence ministry statement said.
The baby was initially being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, but the vehicle got stuck in a mudslide in central Serbia some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Belgrade.
The control tower at Belgrade airport some 20 kilometres west of the capital lost contact with the helicopter after it awaited clearance to land.
Military police cordoned off the crash site, the public broadcaster RTS reported.
AFP
