Posted on 08/09/2012 7:16:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
At least five people, including three Russians, were killed in a helicopter crash in Turkey Thursday, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia.
The Kamov Ka-32 helicopter hit a mountainous slope before it crashed into a valley during a firefighting mission, killing all five people on board, Xinhua quoted a spokesperson for Rosaviatsia as saying.
The other two killed were Turkish citizens, the spokesperson said.
The accident would be investigated by Turkish authorities with assistance from Rosaviatsia and Interstate Aviation Committee, an organisation authorized to oversee the use and management of civil aviation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the spokesperson added.
(Excerpt) Read more at india.nydailynews.com ...
Whoops! Make that “India Daily News” rather than NY.
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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
This place is slipping.
It took FOUR posts before the WKRP reference came up.
LOL
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