Remains of UN workers killed in Sierra Leone air crash being identified

The remains of the United Nations workers who died in Monday's helicopter crash in Sierra Leone have been taken to a hospital in the capital for forensic identification tests, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said today.

The remains of the United Nations workers who died in Monday's helicopter crash in Sierra Leone have been taken to a hospital in the capital for forensic identification tests, a UN spokesman said today.

The 24 who died in the Russian MI-8 aircraft included 14 members of Pakistan's contingent in the peacekeeping UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), one member of the Bangladeshi contingent, six civilians and three crew members.

Teams of investigators from the United Nations and the Russian Federation were investigating why the aircraft crashed in the jungle not far from the town of Yengema.