Body of third Hungarian soldier found after helicopter crash in Croatia

The body of the third Hungarian soldier who died in a helicopter crash in Croatia on Wednesday has been found.

As we reported yesterday, a Hungarian military helicopter crashed in Croatia. It was known that two of the three soldiers on board had died, but the third was still being sought.

On Thursday morning, n1info.hr reported that a third body, believed to be under the wreckage of the helicopter, had been found.

According to reports, the body will be removed from under the wreckage today, Thursday.

Two Airbus H145 helicopters of the Hungarian Air Force have been on a training mission in Croatia. According to unofficial reports, the accident may have been caused by the pilot of the aircraft failing to notice a wire rope stretched on a cableway, which the aircraft caught on and then crashed. No explanation has yet been given as to why the helicopter flew so low that it could not avoid the rope stretched over the Cikola stream, index.hu reports.