Air Ambulance crash in Abu Dhabi kills four

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Two pilots, a doctor and a nurse lost their lives in an air ambulance crash in Abu Dhabi on Saturday while on duty.

Abu Dhabi Police extended their condolences through a tweet for the victims, which included. 

  1. Lieutenant Khamis Saeed Al Holy
  2. Lieutenant Nasser Muhammad Al Rashidi
  3. Dr Shahid Farooq Ghulam
  4. Joel Minto, a nurse.

The exact location and cause of the crash have not been revealed yet. 

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