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12 killed in helicopter crash in Turkey's Tunceli

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 13:54

All 12 people on board a police helicopter that crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli were killed on April 18, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said. 

Contact with the Sikorsky helicopter was lost at 11:43 a.m., Soylu said during press conference.

"There is no external factor behind the crash of the helicopter. It crashed due to bad weather conditions," he added.