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| 5 dead after helicopter crashes in Istanbul (VIDEO, PHOTOS) | 5 dead after helicopter crashes in Istanbul (VIDEO, PHOTOS) |
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| Five people are reported to have died when a helicopter crashed into a television tower in Istanbul in dense fog. Two pilots, four foreign nationals and a Turkish citizen are reported to have been on board. | Five people are reported to have died when a helicopter crashed into a television tower in Istanbul in dense fog. Two pilots, four foreign nationals and a Turkish citizen are reported to have been on board. |
| Eczacibasi, the Turkish firm which owns the helicopter, has said that four Russians were on board. | |
| Photographs taken at the scene show flaming debris scattered on the road at the crash site in Buyukcekmece, on the outskirts of Istanbul. The mayor of Buyukcekmece, Hasan Akgun, told private NTV television that he saw five bodies at the crash site. | Photographs taken at the scene show flaming debris scattered on the road at the crash site in Buyukcekmece, on the outskirts of Istanbul. The mayor of Buyukcekmece, Hasan Akgun, told private NTV television that he saw five bodies at the crash site. |
| “It hit the tower and crashed by spinning,” an eyewitness told AP, claiming the helicopter hit the tower before crashing on the highway. | “It hit the tower and crashed by spinning,” an eyewitness told AP, claiming the helicopter hit the tower before crashing on the highway. |
| The helicopter is reported to be a privately-owned Sikorsky S-76 that crashed after taking off from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Its destination is unknown. | The helicopter is reported to be a privately-owned Sikorsky S-76 that crashed after taking off from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Its destination is unknown. |
| Lockheed Martin, which manufactures Sikorsky helicopters, issued a statement Wednesday that the S-76 fleet had recently passed a milestone 7 million hours of flight time globally. | |
| Meanwhile, in January the entire fleet of Sikorsky S-92s was grounded following an accident on a North Sea platform in which a helicopter spun out of control on a helideck. | |
| READ MORE: Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky grounds all S-92 helicopters following accident |