Madagascar minister swims 12 hours to shore after helicopter crash

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ANTANANARIVO - A Madagascan minister swam some 12 hours to shore on Tuesday and survived after the helicopter he was in crashed off the island's north-eastern coast, the authorities said.

ANTANANARIVO - A Madagascan minister swam some 12 hours to shore on Tuesday and survived after the helicopter he was in crashed off the island's north-eastern coast, the authorities said.Mr Serge Gelle, the country's secretary of state for police, and a fellow policeman reached land in the seaside town of Mahambo separately on Tuesday morning, apparently after ejecting themselves from the aircraft, said port authority chief Jean-Edmond Randrianantenaina.

At least 39 people died in that disaster, police chief Zafisambatra Ravoavy said on Tuesday, in an increase from a previous toll after rescue workers retrieved 18 more bodies.

 

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