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Two soldiers killed and another missing as helicopter crashes into river near town in Germany during test flight

TWO members of the German Armed Forces have been killed and another remains missing after a helicopter crash in Saxony.

The civilian chopper, operated by the Bundeswehr, went down on Tuesday morning near the Golzern gauge station on the Mulde river.

Submerged hydro turbine in a river.
Remains of the civilian helicopter seen afloat the Mulde River

The search for the missing crew member continued overnight, with the German Air Force deploying a Eurofighter equipped with a high-resolution reconnaissance pod to scour the crash site.

The cause of the deadly crash remains unclear, but German outlet Bild reports that steel cables stretched across the Mulde may have played a role.

The thick supporting cables, part of a cable crane system used to measure water flow at the gauge station, reportedly sag slightly due to their massive weight — one alone weighing around four tons.

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