The accident occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday in Ras Tanura, and everyone killed was a Saudi national, the Saudi Ministry of Energy said in a statement.
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The accident occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday in Ras Tanura, and everyone killed was a Saudi national, the Saudi Ministry of Energy said in a statement.
The aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco and the cause of the crash is being investigated. The accident occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday in Ras Tanura, and everyone killed was a Saudi national, the Saudi Ministry of Energy said in a statement. At least 14 people were killed in Saudi Arabia when a Saudi Aramco helicopter carrying them crashed on Sunday, killing everyone aboard.
BBC News reported the story as "Fourteen killed in Saudi Arabia helicopter crash." New York Post reported the story as "14 dead after helicopter owned by oil giant Aramco crashes in Saudi Arabia: officials."
3 sources have covered this story, including New York Post, BBC News and Daily Mail US. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 14 dead, 14 killed); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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