Three Turkish nationals, including a serviceman, were among those on board a helicopter that crashed in Qatar’s territorial waters, along with three Qatari servicemen, the Gulf country’s Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said that “a Qatari armed forces helicopter, which was carrying out a training exercise as part of the Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces Command, crashed into the sea.”
“A member of the Turkish Armed Forces and two Aselsan technicians” were killed in the crash, the ministry said, referring to the Turkish defense contractor.
Qatari authorities said five passengers and one pilot were killed, while a second pilot was reported missing.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry had earlier said the helicopter went down due to a “technical malfunction” during a routine flight.
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