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Madagascar: Minister 'swims for 12 hours' after helicopter crashes at sea

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Madagascar's police minister was part of a team looking for survivors after a shipwreck.

Serge Gelle was one of two men to survive the helicopter crash and swim to safety

"It's not my time to die," exhausted Police Minister Serge Gelle said as he recovered on a stretcher.The team had been flying to inspect the site of a shipwreck in the north-east of the country on Monday night. The vessel was a cargo ship that was not authorised to carry passengers, and was overloaded and water flooded its engine, an agency official was quoted by Reuters news as saying.On Twitter President Andry Rajoelina mourned those who died and also paid tribute to Mr Gelle and the other officer, who arrived in the seaside town of Mahambo separately.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.

Police chief Zafisambatra Ravoavy told news agency AFP that Mr Gelle had used one of the helicopter's seats as a flotation device.

 

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