5 dead after helicopter crashes in Istanbul

YEREVAN, MARCH 10, ARMENPRESS. 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, RT reports.

Eczacibasi, the Turkish firm which owns the helicopter, has said that four Russians were on board.

The helicopter isreportedto be a privately-owned Sikorsky S-76 that crashed after taking off from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.