A Uganda People\u2019s Defense Force- UPDF helicopter has crashed in Fort Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the URN reporter who is at the scene, the helicopter crashed into a mud and wattle house at Saaka at 10a.m, just half a kilometer from the airfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to an eyewitness, three helicopters had just taken off from Saaka airfield but one of them crashed into the house.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eyewitness says that the occupant of the house who is an elderly woman only identified as Peruth was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other witnesses said that two UPDF soldiers were seen disembarking from the helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPDF soldiers have cordoned off the scene of the crash to prevent on-lookers from getting to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More details to follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Uganda People\u2019s Defense Force- UPDF helicopter has crashed in Fort Portal. According to the URN reporter who is at the scene, the helicopter crashed into a mud and wattle house at Saaka at 10a.m, just half a kilometer from the airfield. According to an eyewitness, three helicopters had just taken off from Saaka airfield […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":33017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[31,119,7884],"class_list":["post-33015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","tag-featured","tag-uganda-news","tag-updf-helicopter"],"yoast_head":"\n