2 police helicopter crash on Berlins Olympic Stadium

Authorities say two helicopters have crashed near Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a federal police exercise, leaving at least one person dead and several injured. Hubschrauber-Absturz am Berliner Olympiastadion Bei einer Großübung der Bundespolizei am Berliner Olympiastadion ist ein Mensch ums Leben gekommen. Der Absturz ereignete sich nach Angaben von Polizei und Feuerwehr gegen 10.30 unweit des Olympiastadions. Die Polizei übte im Schneegestöber einen Einsatz gegen gewaltbereite Fußballfans. Die beiden Helikopter vom Typ Puma und EC-155 Dauphin seien in Bodennähe zusammengestoßen. Two helicopters operated by the German federal police collide in snowy conditions while conducting a training exercise close to Berlin's Olympic stadium, leaving at least one person dead. German authorities said two helicopters crashed near Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a federal police exercise on Thursday. One of the helicopter pilots died at the scene, fire service spokesman Stephan Fleischer said. Five people were injured, four of them seriously, he said. It wasn't immediately clear whether the injured people were in the helicopters, Mr Fleischer said. He didn't have details on how the accident happened. The two helicopters apparently clipped each other and crashed as they landed in a snowstorm near the Olympic Stadium. Eyewitness Johannes Malinowski said three helicopters were supposed to land during the exercise, but "three helicopters were supposed to land on the field during the exercise, two of them landed, there was a huge white cloud because that stirred the snow. Then you could hear an explosion. Someone screamed 'down', and wreckage flew everywhere. There was blood was on the ground." According to the local newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, the incident occurred around 10.30am local time. The police were conducting a training exercise on dealing with football violence. The Olympic Stadium is home to the Hertha Berlin soccer club. It also hosts the annual German Cup final and was the venue for the 2006 World Cup final.

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