Omer Mehic

Helicopter crew and medical staff decorated posthumously

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolic has posthumously decorated the crew of a military helicopter and medical workers who died in a crash in Belgrade on March 13.

The helicopter crashed killing the six, and a baby they were transporting for medical treatment.

PM: Helicopter crew is not to blame

BELGRADE -- The prosecution will establish the criminal responsibility for the military helicopter crash that left seven people dead on March 13, says Aleksandar Vucic.

But during a news conference on Saturday, the prime minister added that "calls for determining the political responsibility should be addressed to him."

BELGRADE - The prosecution will establish with whom lies the criminal responsibility for the military helicopter crash that left seven people dead on March 13, but calls for determining the political responsibility should be addressed to me, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.

"Alcohol found in crashed helicopter pilot's body"

BELGRADE -- The responsibility for the crash of a military helicopter in Belgrade last month was primarily with the members of its crew, it has been announced.

There are also "doubts that part of the responsibility lies with other military and civilian personnel," the Higher Public Prosecution said on Friday.

Communication between Mi-17 pilot and tower revealed

BELGRADE -- The pilot of the Mi-17 that crashed near Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport "asked his crew shortly before the crash if any of them could see the runway."

Day of mourning observed for helicopter crash victims

BELGRADE -- A day of mourning was observed on Sunday for the seven people killed in the crash of a military helicopter in Belgrade late on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbia and Republika Srpska are observing a day of mourning on Sunday for the seven people killed in the crash of a helicopter that was rescuing a five-day-old baby whose life was in danger.

BELGRADE - Seven people have been killed in the crash of a helicopter transporting a baby from Novi Pazar for emergency treatment in Belgrade, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during an extraordinary government session on Saturday.