Seven people have been killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters on Sunday including four Qatari military personnel and three Turkish nationals, the Ministry of Defense said.
The ministry identified the deceased as Captain (Pilot) Mubarak Salem Daway al-Marri, Captain (Pilot) Saeed Nasser Samekh, Sergeant Fahad Hadi Ghanem al-khayarin, and Corporal Mohammed Maher Mohammed from Qatar Armed Forces, Major Sinan Taştekin from Qatar - Turkey Joint Forces, and Turkish civilian collaborators Suleiman Cemra Kahraman and Ismail Anas Can.
The Turkish defense ministry said: “A Qatari armed forces helicopter, which was carrying out a training exercise as part of the Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces Command, crashed into the sea.”
“A member of the Turkish armed forces and two Aselsan technicians” were killed in the crash, the ministry said, referring to the Turkish defense giant.
The announcement came after the Qatari defense ministry announced earlier on Sunday that a helicopter crashed after a “technical malfunction.”
“A Qatari helicopter had a technical malfunction during a routine duty, which led to its crash in the regional waters of the State,” the defense ministry said in a statement posted to X.
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