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Helicopter crashes on outskirts of Istanbul; Russian businessmen killed
[Winnipeg Free Press] ISTANBUL - A helicopter crashed on a highway on Istanbul's outskirts Friday after apparently hitting a television tower in dense fog, reports said. All seven people on board were killed, the city's mayor said.The Sikorsky S-76 was carrying an executive of the Eczacibasi group of companies, four of his Russian guests and two pilots.Gov. Vasip Sahin said that the helicopter crashed in Istanbul's Buyukcekmece district after taking off from Ataturk Airport, adding that the cause of the crash was under investigation. Authorities initially recovered five bodies from the crash site, but Mayor Kadir Topbas later said that all seven on board were killed. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the crash site in video shown on Turkish network DHA. Burning debris was scattered across a large stretch of the highway. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-10 |
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