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Police Helicopter Carrying 14 People Crashes in Eastern Turkey - Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201704181052737513-police-helicopter-eastern-turkey/
According to preliminary data, there were 14 people on board, including 8 police officers and two judges.
Other local news outlets insist that there were 12 people on board.
Conflicting reports on the helicopter crash, the amount on board and those injured or dead?
Seven people were wounded in a helicopter crash in eastern Turkey
Seven Injured in Turkey Helicopter Crash
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201704181052745018-turkey-helicopter-crash-victims/
Earlier in the day, media reported that the Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk helicopter carrying 12 people, including seven police officers, a judge, a sergeant and three crew members, had crashed in Turkish eastern Tunceli province.
According to the DHA news agency, five people were unharmed.
Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper reported, citing the Tunceli Governorship, that the helicopter had likely crashed due to bad weather conditions.
According to the media outlet, one of the survived crew members managed to call the emergency service, and a rescue team was immediately dispatched to the area.
All twelve people aboard a police helicopter that crashed in the province of Tunceli in eastern Turkey were killed, the local administration said on Tuesday.
Police Helicopter Crash in Eastern Turkey Kills All 12 People Aboard
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201704181052747853-helicopter-crash-turkey-victims/
The helicopter crashed earlier on Tuesday in a remote mountainous area at the altitude of approximately 2,500 meters (8,202 feet) 10 minutes after the take-off.
"As a result of the catastrophe, seven policemen, a judge, a serviceman and three crew members were killed," local authorities said in a statement.
According to the statement, bad weather conditions could have caused the crash.
