ANKARA: Two Turkish pilots were killed and one technician wounded in a helicopter crash in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Türkiye’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Sunday.
Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the chopper, registered in the inventory of the General Directorate of Security Aviation Department, crashed in the Kartal village of the Nurdagi district.
He said that the chopper started its journey from southern Hatay province and was last contacted at 10:49 p.m. local time late Saturday (1949 GMT).
Many gendarmeries, fire brigade, and medical teams were sent to the scene. The wounded technician was transferred to a local hospital for treatment.
Cause of Crash Not Revealed
Presently, the cause of the accident was not revealed.
