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A helicopter carrying 12 people, including seven police officers, a judge, a sergeant and three crew members , has crashed in Turkey's eastern Tunceli province.
A military unit and a 10-person team from the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) were immediately dispatched to the area between Pülümür and Ovacık districts for search and rescue activities.
Tunceli Governorate said in a statement that authorities lost signal of the helicopter, which took off at around 11:40 a.m. from Tunceli's Pülümür district. The governorate also added that bad weather conditions are being considered as a possible cause for the crash.
The crash comes as Turkey has been facing heavy rainfall and fog across the country.
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2017-04-18 15:01:36 | Agencies | Helicopter rider in Tunceli
The liaison/contact...with the helicopter in which 7 police, 1 judge, 1 petty officer and 3 crew members were in contact was interrupted 10 minutes after departure. Tunceli Governor said, "The helicopter is evaluated to have fallen due to adverse weather conditions."
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According to the information received, the contact with the Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk type helicopter belonging to the General Directorate of Security
was cut off 10 minutes after the departure of Tunceli in Pülümür county. The governor of Tunceli reported that there were 7 policemen, 1 judge, 1 petty officer and 3 crew members in the helicopter. In the Governor's statement, "The helicopter is assessed to have fallen due to adverse weather conditions ".
In the statement made by the Governorship of Tunceli in the following way:
"The signal reception was interrupted 10 minutes after the departure of the Skorsky type police helicopter on April 18, 2017 at 11:40 am This means that the Police Officer in the Helicopter (7) is judged to be the judge, (1) Petty Officer and (3) crew. Due to adverse weather conditions, the region has been referred to a number of search and rescue teams, information will be given to the public about the developments .
It was stated that the helicopter that departed from Diyarbakir was shut down at Çambulak Mevkii of Ovacık, where there is heavy fog and rain.