One dead in helicopter crash near Nigeria oil city

WARRI, Nigeria, Nov 10 (Reuters) One person died and three others were critically injured when a helicopter on a chartered flight crashed near the southwestern Nigerian oil city of Warri today, witnesses and officials said.

The crash of the Oasis Helicopters-operated aircraft came 12 days after a domestic passenger jet ploughed into a cornfield near the Nigerian capital Abuja minutes after take off, killing 96 people.

The identities of the survivors could not be immediately ascertained.

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