Russia mourns military deaths in copter crash

Friday, August 23, 2002

MOSCOW -- Flags flew at half-staff across Russia Thursday as the country mourned 116 people killed when a packed helicopter crashed in Chechnya. President Vladimir Putin blamed the military for ignoring an order not to use the craft to transport troops.

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