The provincial governor stated that four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, attributing the accident to thick fog.
Mugla provincial governor Idris Akbiyik stated that the helicopter crashed after hitting the fourth floor of a hospital during take-off, resulting in the deaths of two pilots, a doctor, and an employee aboard the aircraft,reports BSS.
Akbiyik mentioned that there was heavy fog and added that authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
The helicopter took off in conditions with poor visibility from the roof of the city of Mugla's hospital en route to the city of Antalya, as seen in images broadcast by the NTV television channel.
The chopper can then be seen drifting in the fog several minutes after take-off, before crashing into an empty field next to the hospital it hit, Turkish media reported.
The accident occurred less than two weeks after six soldiers were killed in a collision between two helicopters during an army training exercise in Turkey's southwestern Isparta province.
At the time the defence ministry did not specify what caused that crash.
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