DHAKA - Three persons were injured when a training helicopter of Bangladesh Army crashed on Wednesday in the country's seaport city Chittagong, some 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, police said.

The police official said the helicopter crashed near the runway at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong during an emergency landing at around 11:15 am local time.

Of the injured, the official who did not like to be named said the pilot and the co-pilot are in critical condition.

They were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Chittagong.