One dead as two helicopters collide at Berlin stadium
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Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Rescue workers examine two crashed helicopters of the German federal police on a field at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, March 21,2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AP
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Police and emergency cars stand behind the remains of one of the two helicopters which crashed at the site of the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A police car stands behind the remains of one of the two helicopters which crashed at the site of the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
Police officers work at the scene where two police helicopters crashed near the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2103. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
Rescue workers examine two crashed helicopters of the German federal police on a field at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, March 21,2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: AP
Police and emergency cars stand behind the remains of one of the two helicopters which crashed at the site of the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A police car stands behind the remains of one of the two helicopters which crashed at the site of the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Thursday, March 21, 2013. One person died in the crash during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
BERLIN (AFP) - One person died Thursday as two helicopters collided over Berlin’s iconic Olympic Stadium during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said.
The Berlin fire brigade said in a statement that at least one person was killed and “several injured” when the two aircraft collided at low altitude during a spring snowstorm.
German media said the casualty was a pilot.
The stadium was the venue for the 1936 Games where four gold medals for African-American athlete Jesse Owens ruined Adolf Hitler’s dreams of Aryan glory for the hosts on the eve of World War II.
