Minsk - Xinhua
A Belarusian border patrol helicopter crashed on Thursday near the Lithuanian border, killing all five people on board, including three members of a television crew \" Soyuz\", local media reported. The Eurocopter twin-engine helicopter crashed at 3:45 p.m. near the village of Vileity, Vitebsk region, and burst into flames, border guard spokesman Alexander Tishchenko told journalists. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.