BREAKING HOT: Saudi Helicopter Carrying 8 High-Ranking Officials & Crown Prince Mansour Crashed - All Dead

This is a developing story. Return to this post for updates.

UPDATE 1

Following news yesterday that a soft purge had taken place in Saudia Arabia that included the arrest of the powerful billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. SEE: HUGE: Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Has Been Arrested


Now, we have this report:

KSA :A helicopter with Saudi officials on board(among them : vice-governor of Asir Mansour bin Muqrin) crashed today:all passengers died https://t.co/8vrf5bTybP

— MESP (@mestrate) November 5, 2017

UPDATE 2

A UH-60 helicopter crashed carrying Deputy Gov. of Asir Prince Mansoor bin Mogrin, Mayor of Abha, Undersecretary of Asir and others.

UPDATE 3

The below video shows the crown prince and the group of officials just hours before the crash.

سمو #الأمير_منصور_بن_مقرن
نائب أمير #عسير خلال جولته
بمحافظة #البرك متفقداً عدداً
من المشاريع التنموية للمحافظة .. pic.twitter.com/vXa6kSuBsO

— الأمير منصور بن مقرن (@hrhpmmugrin) November 5, 2017

UPDATE 4

Crash occurred near Yemen border.