At least five people were killed after a helicopter carrying high-level commerce executives crashed onto a highway after hitting a television tower on Friday in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district,located in the European side of the metropolis.
Rescue teams, including fire squads, or were dispatched to the accident site,the Daily Sabah reports.
Istanbul Mayor Vasip Shahin confirmed a total of seven people were on board of the crashed aircraft, belonging to the Turkish industrial Eczacibashi group, and including two pilots and four foreign guests of Russian origin.
The crash took place at 11:21 a.m. local time when the Eczacibashi helicopter was heading from Istanbul to the Bozuyuk facilities of the group,located in the northwestern Turkish province of Bilecek, for a assembly scheduled at 12:00 am.
Eczacibashi Vitra Russia's CEO Salim Özen and four Russian guests were on board of the crashed helicopter.
Source: tert.am