Scene of military helicopter crash in Istanbul, which killed four soldiers
269 views · Published 1 December 2018 · 1:36 · Indexed 11 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(26 Nov 2018) Officials say a military helicopter with five soldiers on board crashed in an Istanbul neighbourhood on Monday, killing four of them. The fifth soldier was rushed to hospital with injuries. Anadolu Agency said the helicopter, which was on a training mission, hit the roof of a building and crashed in between apartment blocks in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe neighbourhood, on the Asian side of the city that straddles two continents. No one else was hurt in the incident. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. The helicopter was returning to Samandira air base, near Sancaktepe, and may have tried to land on an empty plot of land in the neighbourhood after experiencing a technical fault, private NTV television reported. The helicopter appeared to have turned over and its debris was scattered around the street, video footage from the scene showed. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cceaffd797417e8ea629aebc49e7422b
