Official Statement of MND
23rd January 2023
Condolences of Chief of Staff of People's National Army
During a planned training flight mission, a helicopter type MI-171 relating to Air Forces, crashed in the afternoon of today, Monday 23rd January 2023, around the locality of El-Attaf in the wilaya of Aïn Defla in the 1st Military Region, causing the death as Martyr of Colonel MENARI Mourad, Major DAHMANI Moussa Mohamed and Sergeant CHEBOUA Oussama.
In this painful ordeal, General CHANEGRIHA Saïd, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, addressed on behalf of all People's National Army staff, his sincere condolences and his deep compassion to families and relatives of Chouhada, praying to Allah, the Almighty, to lend them strength and courage and to grant deceased Chouhada His Holy Mercy.
General also ordered the opening of an investigation to determine the causes and circumstances of this accident.
"To Allah we belong and to Him we will return."
In this painful ordeal, General CHANEGRIHA Saïd, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, addressed on behalf of all People's National Army staff, his sincere condolences and his deep compassion to families and relatives of Chouhada, praying to Allah, the Almighty, to lend them strength and courage and to grant deceased Chouhada His Holy Mercy.
General also ordered the opening of an investigation to determine the causes and circumstances of this accident.
"To Allah we belong and to Him we will return."
