Authorities say the helicopter wreckage has been located and search and rescue operations have begun immediately.
Four military personnel have been martyred in an S-70-type helicopter crash in Türkiye's eastern province of Malatya, the country’s National Defence Ministry said.
“As a result of the crash of our S-70-type helicopter in Malatya for an as-yet undetermined reason four of our heroic comrades-in-arms on the helicopter were martyred.” the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The ministry earlier said the helicopter wreckage had been located and search and rescue operations had immediately begun.
No further details were immediately available.
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