Turkey: four military personnel killed in S-70 helicopter crash in Malatya
Turkey’s Defence Ministry confirmed the deaths of the four people aboard. The cause of the crash remains undetermined.
Four military personnel were killed when an S-70 helicopter crashed in Malatya, Turkey, according to an official statement issued by Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence on 12 November. The ministry said the four were aboard the helicopter.
The Turkish statement says the cause of the crash has not yet been determined. The primary statement does not establish a finding of a technical failure or any other cause of the accident.
ERTnews’s correspondent in Turkey reported that a fire broke out after the crash and that security forces, firefighters and medical teams responded. According to the same report, the fire was brought under control and extinguished.
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