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Military helicopter crash in Turkey leaves four dead

Headline via The Independent · first report 12 Nov, 22:09 IST, latest 12 Nov, 23:45 IST

INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya on exercise
Representational image · INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya on exercise · Indian Navy / Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India

What we know

3 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Hindustan Times at 12 Nov, 22:09 IST; the latest is from The Hindu at 12 Nov, 23:45 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by3 news organisations
First report12 Nov, 22:09 IST
Latest report12 Nov, 23:45 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

In a statement, the ministry said the reason for the crash was unknown, adding that rescue teams had reached the wreckage.
The crash occurred on Thursday evening in the Turkish neighbourhood of Samankoy
The aircraft crashed for unknown reasons in Samankoy, a neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of the provincial capital Malatya in the evening

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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