A British Army Agusta Westland Lynx AH.9A utility helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on 26 April, with the loss of all five on aboard, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.
The Army Air Corps (AAC) Lynx was on a routine training mission in Kandahar province when the accident happened, an MoD statement said. While the cause is being investigated, enemy action is not thought to have been a factor.