Bucharest:
Eight people died when a military helicopter carrying 10 people crashed in the central Romanian county of Sibiu today, the country's emergency response agency said.
Romania's defence ministry said the helicopter, an IAR-330 PUMA built in Romania, crashed at about 0840 GMT.
"There are eight people dead," Bianca Sabau of the emergency response agency told Reuters. "Two victims who have suffered burns were evacuated," she added.
The 10 were stationed at a military airbase in central Romania and were on their way to a military drill exercise.
The ministry said it would provide more details after the victims' families have been notified.
The cause of the crash was unclear and Minister Mircea Dusa and airforce officials were travelling to the site for an investigation.
© Thomson Reuters 2014