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ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akara has blamed bad weather for a military helicopter crash that killed 10 soldiers and a senior commander in the country’s restive southeast.
Lt. Gen. Osman Erbas, who headed the army’s 8th Corps based in the eastern Elazig province, was among those killed in Thursday’s accident.
The crash was the deadliest since 13 soldiers died in the southeastern Sirnak province near Turkey’s border with Syria and Iraq in 2017.
“Based on initial information and witnesses’ statements, we determined that the accident occurred due to suddenly changing adverse weather conditions,” the Anadolu state news agency quoted the defense minister as saying.
Friday, 05 Mar 2021 05:06 PM MYT
Rescue workers, soldiers and civilians walk around the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed on March 4, 2021, near the Turkish eastern city of Bitlis. AFP pic
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ISTANBUL, March 5 Turkey’s defence minister today blamed bad weather for a military helicopter crash that killed 10 soldiers and a senior commander in the country’s restive southeast.
Lieutenant General Osman Erbas, who headed the army’s 8th Corps based in the eastern Elazig province, was among those killed in yesterday’s accident.
The crash was the deadliest since 13 soldiers died in the south-eastern Sirnak province near Turkey’s border with Syria and Iraq in 2017.