A Turkish military Sikorsky S-70 helicopter crashed on the southern outskirts of Malatya on Thursday evening, 12 November, killing four military personnel on board, the Turkish Defence Ministry said.
The helicopter came down near a cluster of buildings in the Samanköy neighbourhood. Police, firefighters and medical teams were sent to the scene. The Demirören News Agency reported that fire from the wreckage spread to a nearby house, with no casualties reported on the ground.
The Defence Ministry said the cause of the crash had yet to be determined.