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Military Helicopter Star in Southern Turkey, Leaving Four Dead
On Thursday, a military helicopter crashed in Samankoy, a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Malatya, Turkey, killing four personnel, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
An accident involving their military S-70 helicopter occurred for reasons not yet determined, the ministry stated in a social media post following the evening crash.
Police, firefighters and medical teams responded to the scene, where TV images showed the helicopter wreckage burning near buildings with flames spreading to a nearby house.
The Demiroren News Agency confirmed no ground casualties, while the Turkish Armed Forces offered prayers for the 'martyred' personnel and their grieving families.
Widely used as a transport helicopter by militaries globally, the Sikorsky S-70 includes the Black Hawk variant, which can carry up to 11 soldiers plus air crew.
On Thursday, the Turkish Ministry of Defence announced that four soldiers had been killed as a result of a military helicopter crash in the province of Malatiyah in the east of the country.
Four military personnel were killed when a helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey for reasons that are still unclear, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.