Military helicopter crash kills 4 in eastern Turkey
Verified: 7 outlets in 7 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 1 of them from Turkey. 4 killed, according to 5 outlets.
Four military personnel were killed when an S-70 helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey’s Malatya province on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said. “Four of our heroic comrades-in-arms on board were martyred when our S-70 helicopter crashed in Malatya for reasons that have not yet been determined,” the ministry said in a statement. The helicopter came down…
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- 45 outlets: azertag.az, gulfnews.com +3· latest Nov 12, 6:49 PM UTCMilitary helicopter crash in Turkey leaves four dead ↗
1 outlet from Turkey, where the story is: Turkish Minute · how we count
- Nov 12, 5:42 PM UTCFirst reportTurkey helicopter crash kills four military personnelgulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 5:45 PM UTC+3 min· you’re reading thisMilitary helicopter crash kills 4 in eastern Turkeyturkishminute.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 5:45 PM UTC · +3 min
- Nov 12, 6:16 PM UTC+34 min4 Turkish military personnel killed in S-70 helicopter crash in Turkish city Malatyaazertag.az ↗
- Nov 12, 6:43 PM UTC+1 hMilitary helicopter crashes in southern Turkey, killing 4thehindu.com ↗
- Nov 12, 6:49 PM UTC+1 hMilitary helicopter crash in Turkey leaves four deadindependent.co.uk ↗
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