British military chopper makes emergency landing in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A British military helicopter made an emergency landing on Sunday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of a "technical malfunction", an Israeli military spokeswoman said.
There were no casualties in the incident on Sunday afternoon and Israeli troops were "securing the scene", she added.
Sky news website said the RAF helicopter had been en route from the Jordanian capital Amman to Cyprus when it was forced to land by engine failure.
The spokeswoman denied Sky's further report that the aircraft had landed in an Israeli minefield, but would not say exactly where it touched ground.
"It made an emergency landing in the Jordan Valley as a result of technical malfunction," the spokeswoman said.
(Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; editing by Andrew Roche)
