Helicopter crashes into forest in Borneo killing 8 after losing contact with air traffic control minutes after take-off

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A HELICOPTER plunged into dense jungle just minutes after take-off killing eight people on board.

The aircraft vanished from the radar five minutes into its journey over Borneo’s bast palm oil plantations on Thursday.

Indonesia Helicopter Crash
A helicopter crash has killed eight people Credit: AP

It had departed from Melawi district in West Kalimantan province and was heading for another remote plantation in Kubu Raya when disaster struck.

Search teams later made the grim discovery deep in thick forest in Sekadau district, where the wreckage was found smashed among the trees.

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