Madagascar: minister swims 12 hours to safety after helicopter crash

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Madagascar: minister swims 12 hours to safety after helicopter crash
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Police minister Serge Gelle was one of two survivors to make the marathon swim to shore after ejecting from the stricken helicopter

A Madagascan MP swam for 12 hours after surviving a helicopter crash off the country’s north-east coast.A Madagascan MP swam for 12 hours after surviving a helicopter crash off the country’s north-east coast.A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum about 12 hours to shore after their helicopter crashed off the island’s north-east coast, authorities said.

Serge Gelle, the country’s secretary of state for police, and a fellow police officer reached land in the seaside town of Mahambo separately on Tuesday morning, apparently after ejecting themselves from the aircraft, port authority chief Jean-Edmond Randrianantenaina said.

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