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News card: Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officers

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officers. File photo, February 2018 (Qrmoo3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons): an olive-green Saudi Arabian National Guard AH-6 light helicopter with rocket pods, parked on display at the Janadriyah festival; not the aircraft that crashed. Key facts: on Saturday, October 17, 2026 (announced October 18), an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard crashed in the Najran region inside Saudi territory; both crew members, two officers, were killed and have not been named; coalition spokesman Major General Turki al-Maliki blamed a technical malfunction; Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claims his forces shot down a Saudi helicopter near Najran, which the coalition rejects. Sources: Saudi Press Agency, Reuters, Gulf News, Khaleej Times. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-sa-najran-ah6i-crash. @exeindex.
File, Feb 10, 2018: a Saudi Arabian National Guard AH-6 on display at Janadriyah. Same type and operator, not the crashed aircraft. Photo: User:Qrmoo3, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo); card by EXE Index

Oct 17: A Saudi National Guard AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed in Najran, killing its two officers. The coalition says a technical malfunction caused it; Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claims his forces shot it down. Both accounts on the map

What
News card: Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes in Najran, killing its two officers
Where
Middle East
When
2026-10-17
Source
Saudi Press Agency
Credit
File, Feb 10, 2018: a Saudi Arabian National Guard AH-6 on display at Janadriyah. Same type and operator, not the crashed aircraft. Photo: User:Qrmoo3, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
License
CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo); card by EXE Index
Details
Middle East, Saudi Arabia

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Sources and credit

  1. Saudi Press Agency
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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