Helicopter with business executives
crashes in Istanbul, kills five
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[March 10, 2017]
By Tuvan Gumrukcu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying
an executive of the Turkish Eczabicasi group and four Russians,
including the firm's Russian operations chief, crashed in Istanbul on
Friday, killing five of the seven people on board, the company's
chairman said.
The helicopter crashed onto a highway shortly after take-off from
Istanbul's main Ataturk airport. Early media reports suggested it had
hit a television tower but the district governor told reporters he was
unable to confirm this.
Bulent Eczacibasi, chairman of the company with interests in
pharmaceuticals and home products, did not specify who among the five
passengers and two crew had been killed; nor did officials give any
details of the two who survived.
"We have no information on the details, the cause of the crash will
become evident after the evaluations," Eczacibsi said in a statement.
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The road where the helicopter crashed was largely deserted at the time
and no-one on the ground was hurt. The highway was closed off to traffic
following the crash.
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Wreckage of a helicopter is seen after it crashed in Istanbul,
Turkey, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
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Eczacibasi later released a statement in which it named the seven
people on board the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. It said the helicopter
carried one Turkish executive and one Russian administrator from the
company, three Russians and two Turkish pilots.
(Additional reporting by Ece Toksabay in Ankara and Ebru Tuncay in
Istanbul; Writing by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Ralph Boulton)
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