Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash

A Saudi price was killed on Sunday when a helicopter crashed near the kingdom’s southern border with Yemen. Several other officials were also on-board the helicopter but till now it has not been confirmed whether they survived the crash or not.

The death of Prince Mansour bin Mogren was announced by the news channel Al-Ekhbariya. The prince was also the deputy governor of Asir province and son of a former crown prince. The local newspaper also reported that the helicopter went down while the officials were taking a tour of an area near the coast in Asir, which borders war-torn Yemen.

So far the cause of the crash has not been revealed but officials suspect that there was some technical glitch which led to the crash.

The helicopter went off the radar on Sunday afternoon and shortly after, news of its crash was reported. It was initially unknown that how many people were on the flight but multiple people have been said to be dead.

The prince was the son of Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – who was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia from January to April in 2015.

He married a daughter of Prince Saud bin Fahd Al Saud in 2013 and two years later he was appointed Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque as a minister.

News of the crash comes at a time when Saudi Arabia is on a mission to clean its upper cadres of corruption and other such financial wrongdoings. On Saturday, the Riyadh International airport was also targeted by a ballistic missile which was launched by Shiite rebels. Thankfully the missile was intercepted and destroyed by the Saudi officials.

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