KOCAELI, Turkey
The bodies of four Turkish soldiers, who died when their helicopter crashed on Sunday in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, were pulled from the wreckage early hours on Monday, according to the AA’s correspondent in Kocaeli.
The S-70B Sikorsky aircraft, which took off from the Cengiz Topel Military Airport in Kocaeli, disappeared from radar after it lost connection with its base at 12:25 Sunday Turkish local time.
The wreckage of the chopper was located in a mountainous region in the Kartepe district of Kocaeli province.
The last helicopter crash to take place in the country occurred in a rural area near the Golbasi district in the capital, Ankara, in December of last year. All four soldiers on board were killed.
Security officials have launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.
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