Small Police Force Plane Crashes Into Mountain in Eastern Turkey, Killing Seven
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The airplane used to be coming back from a surveillance and reconnaissance challenge past due Wednesday, when it crashed into the Artos mountains within the jap province of Van, close to the border with Iran.
- Associated Press Ankara
- Remaining Up to date: July 16, 2020, 11:27 AM IST
A small airplane belonging to Turkey’s police power has crashed right into a mountain in jap Turkey, killing seven officials on board, Turkey’s internal minister mentioned Thursday.
The airplane used to be coming back from a surveillance and reconnaissance challenge past due Wednesday, when it crashed into the Artos mountains within the jap province of Van, close to the border with Iran, Suleyman Soylu advised newshounds.
The minister mentioned the airplane disappeared from the radar on its as far back as an airport following a surveillance challenge over Van and the neighbouring province of Hakkari, which lies farther south and borders each Iran and Iraq.
The airplane’s wreckage used to be discovered at round three a.m. (0000 GMT), he mentioned.
All on board, together with the 2 pilots, had been contributors of the nationwide police.
The reason for the of crash used to be underneath investigation, Soylu mentioned.
