Peacekeeping force: 6 Americans among 8 dead in Sinai helicopter crash
Five Americans, one French and one Czech citizen are believed to have died in the crash
A helicopter crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula involving a multi-national observer force killed eight people on Thursday -- six Americans, a French national and a Czech citizen, the force said.
"During a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nine members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) were involved in a helicopter crash," it said in a statement.
Another member of the force, an American, survived and was medically evacuated, the MFO added.
The MFO, which has a headquarters in Rome, was set up in 1979 under an agreement by Israel and Egypt to supervise parts of the historic peace treaty agreed between the two countries that year.
The MFO is not linked to the United Nations.