The Turkish Government has confirmed the death of four patients in a hospital following the clashing of a helicopter into the building.
The helicopter crashed into a hospital in Mugla, in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, morning.
However, the provincial Governor, Idris Akbiyik has blamed the accident on thick fog.
Akbiyik said, “The helicopter fell to the ground after having struck the fourth storey of a hospital during take-off,”
The accident killed two pilots, a doctor and an employee on board the vehicle.
According to the Governor, there was intense fog.
Akbiyik, however, added that the authorities were investigating the cause of the accident.
According to images broadcast by the NTV television channel, the helicopter took off in conditions with poor visibility from the roof of the city of Mugla’s hospital en route to the city of Antalya.
“The chopper can then be seen drifting in the fog several minutes after take-off. Before crashing into an empty field next to the hospital it hit,” Turkish media reported.
The accident comes just under two weeks after six soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an army training exercise in Turkey’s southwestern Isparta province.
At the time the defence ministry did not specify what caused that crash.
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