Helicopter Crash Kills Five in Cambodia
A Cambodian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise on the outskirts of the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, killing five people on Monday and seriously injuring one, according to the Associated Press.
The chopper went down in the Prey Sar village at the outskirt about 6 miles south of the capital, sinking in a muddy pond surrounded by rural land and rice fields.
In the photo above, soldiers load an aft section of a helicopter retrieved from a pond following its crash in Prey Sar village,

Copter Crash Kills 2 Cambodian Military Generals
Two generals who led the helicopter unit of Cambodia's air force were killed in a crash Monday, along with two pilots, police said. Defense Minister Tea Banh, who rushed to the crash site in a muddy pond south of the capital, said a fifth person on the chopper was seriously injured.

Gen. Um Phy, deputy chief of staff of Cambodia's air force, confirmed the casualty count and said the aircraft was a Chinese-made Z-9 helicopter. Authorities had previously said five people were killed.

It was not immediately clear what caused the accident, which police said was a training mission for new pilots.

Two of the dead men were a major general and a brigadier general, Phnom Penh Deputy Police Chief Chuon Narin said. An incident report filed by police at the scene said the generals were the head and deputy head of the helicopter unit, and the other two men were pilots. Military officials confirmed the men's ranks, but not their positions. The survivor was not identified.

The chopper went down about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Phnom Penh, sinking in a rain-filled excavated rice field surrounded by rural land and other fields. Defense Ministry Secretary of State Moeung Samphan said 300 military personnel were sent to take part in the recovery operation. By evening, all four bodies had been recovered, said Um Phy.