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1st LD: 3 soldiers killed in Turkish military training plane crash

Xinhua,January 17, 2018 Adjust font size:

ANKARA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish military CASA-type cargo plane on Wednesday afternoon crashed in the southern Anatolian province of Isparta while on training exercises, killing three Turkish crew members.

Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) confirmed in a statement that two pilots and one technician were on the aircraft and all the three were killed in the crash near Egirdir Lake.

Radar connection was lost with the plane around 12:50 local time (0950 GMT), and rescue teams reached the plane's wreck about 1.5 hours later, the statement said.

Isparta Governer Sehmus Gunaydin said the cause of the crash is still unknown but noted that weather conditions were foggy during the flight. Enditem

 

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