In the Turkish city of Muğla, an ambulance helicopter crashed into a hospital. As a result, everyone on board the helicopter were killed.
This was reported by the Turkish Ministry of Health on X.
The helicopter crashed into a teaching and research hospital and fell into an empty area. There were four people on board. All of them were killed. Among the killed were two pilots, a doctor and a medical worker.
The causes of the crash have not yet been reported. But it is known that there was heavy fog that day.
The hospital's employees and patients were not injured.
The head physician of the medical institution, Turhan Togan, adds details of what happened. The helicopter took off 300-400 meters from the hospital. However, it caught on the roof of the building, was damaged and fell into an empty area next to the hospital.
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi Başhekimi Turhan Togan, CNN TÜRK canlı yayınında kazanın nasıl yaşandığıyla ilgili bilgiler verdi. Togan, helikopterin hastaneye 300-400 metre mesafedeki pistten kalkış yaptığını söyledi. pic.twitter.com/XDjJ7LqNMD
— Hürriyet.com.tr (@Hurriyet) December 22, 2024
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on September 1, a Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Kharkiv Region during a training flight. Two crew members were killed.
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