Two UK military personnel have been killed and two seriously injured in an RAF Puma helicopter crash near Baghdad in Iraq, defence officials have said.
An RAF Board of Inquiry is heading to Iraq to investigate Tuesday's crash, but the Ministry of Defence said it was too early to speculate on the cause.
The two injured personnel are recovering in hospital and the next of kin of those killed have been informed.
Defence chiefs said their thoughts were "with the families" of all involved.
The deaths take the total number of UK troops killed in operations in Iraq to 173.
(BBC)
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