Death toll rises to 11: military helicopter crashes in eastern Turkey

A military helicopter carrying servicemen on board crashed in eastern Turkey, with the death toll rising to 11. This was reported by the press service of the Turkish Defense Ministry.

According to the military, a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter crashed in the province of Bitlis. The helicopter with servicemen on board took off from Bingel to Tatvan at 13:55 Moscow time, 30 minutes later, at 14:25 the connection with the helicopter was lost. An airplane and an unmanned aerial vehicle were sent in search of the helicopter. aviation.

According to initial data, due to the fall of the helicopter, 9 servicemen were killed, and four more received injuries of varying severity.

Nine of our comrades were killed, four were injured

- said in a statement by the Turkish military department.

Later, two of the wounded died, among them - the commander of the XNUMXth corps of the ground forces of Turkey, General Osman Erbash. Doctors are fighting for the lives of two more servicemen.

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the commander of the ground forces arrived in the area of ​​the helicopter crash. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was informed about the disaster.

The causes of the helicopter crash have not been established; according to preliminary data, the accident could have occurred due to bad weather or a technical malfunction of the helicopter. An investigation has begun.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

I guess who will now express their deepest condolences!

[Commissar77]

"The commander of the eighth corps of the ground forces of Turkey, General Osman Erbash, who died in the crash of a military helicopter, was involved in the victory of Azerbaijan in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and took part in the test of the Bayraktar TB2 strike reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)."

"Someone" destroyed Erdogan's closest ally, General Osman Erbash and his loyal officers, all at once. Such disasters are usually not accidental. Although it may "could have happened due to bad weather or a technical malfunction of the helicopter."

[Graz]

rumor went that this Turkish general was involved in the destruction of our Russian helicopter in Armenia

[Cowbra]

Then the Turks sooner and filled up themselves. It's okay for them. And Pasha, as always, is not in business

[Eldorado]

They wrote that some terrorist group claimed responsibility for the downed helicopter.

[Incvizitor]

These Turks are themselves a terrorist group, considering what they are doing in neighboring countries, so that terrorists kill terrorists, the world is cleaner.

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: Military Commissar77

"The commander of the eighth corps of the ground forces of Turkey, General Osman Erbash, who died in the crash of a military helicopter, was involved in the victory of Azerbaijan in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and took part in the test of the Bayraktar TB2 strike reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)."

suppose this is KARMA from "Vympel", found a Turkish soldier ? !!

Quote: Graz

rumor went that this Turkish general was involved in the destruction of our Russian helicopter in Armenia

oops .... it looks like not only you ? !!

Quote: Nyrobsky

... but isn't this accident "compensating" for the defeat of our helicopter in Karabakh?

[Walking]

The otvetka flew in for the downed Russian helicopter.?

[Hypertension]

Quote: Hiking

coincidence with the events of November 9, 2020 in Arm

The same "response" as the earthquake in Turkey during the Karabakh conflict. The helicopters are falling. In Turkey, in the USA, in Russia. Technique is never 100% reliable. After some time, someone somewhere will fall. In the meantime, about our downed helicopter, officially - silence.

[Thrifty]

Let's see what the Turks will find, what the reason will be called - the equipment failed, the crew messed up, or a terrorist attack. ...

[Ren]

100500 is a coincidence and should not be associated with the events of November 9, 2020 in Armenia.

[Nyrobsky]

It is doubtful, of course, but is this accident "compensating" for the defeat of our helicopter in Karabakh? Baku then hastily admitted his guilt, but his further actions to facilitate the investigation of the incident somehow came to naught and the perpetrators were never brought to justice, or at least named, which suggests that the "shooter" from Ankara was involved in the incident.

[alpamys]

Russian military captured Turkish armored car in Syria and now know its vulnerabilities

https://avia.pro/news/rossiyskie-voennye-zahvatili-v-sirii-tureckiy-broneavtomobil-i-teper-znayut-ego-uyazvimosti
The Russian military managed to successfully capture the Turkish armored vehicle "Vuran", which was abandoned in Idlib by either the Turkish military or Turkish militants. The armored car did not receive any damage, and was subsequently carefully studied by the Russian military in order to identify the likely vulnerabilities of this technology, probably not only in case clashes with Turkey in Syria resume, but also in order to use the Turkish experience in the development of their own armored vehicles. which, by the way, turned out to be much more tenacious in Syria.

[Quadro]

Again this jaundiced airplane. They captured a Turkish armored car and there is no news anywhere except air. As well as about "the videoconferencing destroyed 47 Turkish military in the same building with the militants." Stop publishing fakes and fooling people

[NDR-791]

Quote: Quadro

Again this jaundiced airplane.

To be more precise, it's zhovto-blakitny. They don't have such pearls.

[Graz]

Well, I saw a photo with a Turkish armored car, which is being driven across Russia, six months ago, so that was the case

[Soveticos]

May God forgive their sins and may they rest in peace. They did not die in war, only flawed people can gloat about this, and God is their judge ..

[Quadro]

Well, yes, you think our helicopter was shot down on their orders. Only the flawed grieve for the soldiers of the alleged enemy country.

[Soveticos]

Nobody here grieves, you are confusing something. We are not at war with Turkey and I consider it normal to express condolences to their losses on their land and outside the zone of Russian interests. I perfectly understand your indignation, but the investigation is not over yet. And gloating and suspiciously looking everywhere for the supposed opponents, making the wrong conclusions in the opinion of some pseudo-historians, zhorns and iksperds is characteristic of a flawed person.

[Aviator_]

Is it really responsible for the death of our helicopter?

[aszzz888]

Later, two of the wounded died, among them - the commander of the XNUMXth corps of the ground forces of Turkey, General Osman Erbash.

Death - she chooses neither titles nor positions. And there is no gloating here. But most likely someone, or something, is involved in this incident. Time will tell.

[Konstantin Gogolev]

There is God in this world. Supreme justice ...

[rotmistr60]

commander of the eighth corps of the ground forces of Turkey, General Osman Erbash

I can assume that there is a holiday in Armenia on this occasion, while in Azerbaijan there is sorrow.

[Tank hard]

As Polad Bulbul-oglu said there - "In war as in war"?

[Storog dvornik]

It’s somehow difficult for the Turks, after the Russian pilot was shot down in Syria, the Kurdistan Region fighters blew up a whole bus of Turkish flyers ...
Smart would understand ...
No, on November 9, 2020, a Russian side gets lost in Armenia, and almost four months later an elite general, with a group of officers, is crashed ...
Interestingly, on the second attempt they will understand, or will they be stupid? ...

[Incvizitor]

The king does not care about these pawns, he dreams of a neo-Ottoman empire.

[TermNachTer]

Accidentally, Reichsminister Avakov buys not such miraculous helicopters, for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Potsguard Banderland?

[tech3030]

Let them buy more!

[Prisoner]

Condolences to family and friends. And the turntable with the military? It's a matter of everyday life. Not the closest friends, we can still condole with you, if they come up with a new one. For people with a more subtle mental organization, I know, I know what is moral, etc. But at least honest.

[NF68]

Sorry. They also have families.