{"id":27378,"date":"2018-12-29T23:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27378"},"modified":"2018-12-29T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T23:23:11","slug":"four-killed-after-rescue-helicopter-strikes-zip-line-in-uaes-ras-al-khaimah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27378","title":{"rendered":"Four killed after rescue helicopter strikes zip line in UAE\u2019s Ras Al-Khaimah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nDUBAI: A rescue helicopter crashed in Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday evening killing all of the crew, the country\u2019s civil aviation authority said.<\/p>\n

\nLocal media reported that the helicopter struck\u00a0a zip line before crashing and bursting into flames. Video circulated on social media showed the helicopter spinning before it crashed into the mountain.<\/p>\n

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\n#UAE<\/a>‘s National Research and Rescue Center (@NCEMAUAE<\/a>) is searching for the bodies of 4 people killed in a helicopter crash in #rasalkhaimah<\/a> near the world’s largest #zipline<\/a> in #jebeljais<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/EotGook3uO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HkrLmswf0Q<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arab News (@arabnews) December 29, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe dead include three Emiratis and a foreigner.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAn Agusta 139 helicopter in a rescue mission crashed in Jebel Jais area in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah,” state news agency WAM quoted the UAE\u2019s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) as saying.<\/p>\n

\nRas Al-Khaimah’s ruler,\u00a0Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al-Qasimi, ordered an urgent investigation into the helicopter\u2019s crash.<\/p>\n

\nHe also ordered “a comprehensive investigation of the security and safety requirements in place to determine the cause of this painful incident,” WAM reported.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Agusta 139 helicopter was operated by the UAE’s National Search and Rescue Center. (File photo: WAM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\nThe statement added that the helicopter crashed at about 5:55 p.m. local time (1:55 p.m. GMT).<\/p>\n

\nAn official said the helicopter from the National Search and Rescue Center was on a mission to airlift an injured man from Jebel Jais but the helicopter crashed before reaching the man.<\/p>\n

\nJebel Jais, the highest mountain in the UAE, is home to the world’s longest zipline.<\/p>\n

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\nJebel Jais, the highest mountain in the UAE, is home to the world’s longest zipline.\u00a0(Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\nThe zipline, measuring 2.83 kilometers\u00a0long, opened in February as part of an effort by the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah to attract more tourists and residents from neighboring emirates like Abu Dhabi and Dubai.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUBAI: A rescue helicopter crashed in Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday evening killing all of the crew, the country\u2019s civil aviation authority said. Local media reported that the helicopter struck\u00a0a zip line before crashing and bursting into flames. Video circulated on social media showed the helicopter spinning before it crashed into…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}