Two Saudi National Guard officers were killed after a military reconnaissance helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia’s southern Najran region due to a technical malfunction, the Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday.
Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki confirmed that the AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter went down within Saudi territory.
According to the coalition, the crash resulted from a technical fault, although further details about the malfunction were not disclosed.
Al-Maliki expressed his condolences to the families of the two officers who lost their lives in the incident.
The coalition did not provide additional information about the circumstances surrounding the crash.