4 killed in China's surveillance helicopter crash

Four crew members of a marine surveillance helicopter were killed when the chopper crashed in a mountainous region in east China.

The helicopter, coded China Marine Surveillance B-7115, was on a regular patrol yesterday before it went missing in the afternoon, East China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration said.

The chopper was on its way back to base when it crashed in Zhejiang Province.

Helicopter wreckage was found on Daqingshan Mountain in coastal city of Zhoushan, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The victims were two plane crew and two marine law enforcement staff.