The wreck of vertoletostroenie: In a network there was video of the helicopter crash with the Russians on Board
The cause of the helicopter crash in Istanbul was a collision with a tower. It is reported The Independent citing a statement by the Turkish authorities.
The pilot of the aircraft due to heavy fog could not see the obstacle and crashed into him. Helicopter Sikorsky S-76 fell on the highway in the district of Buyukcekmece. According to the newspaper, talking about the tower Endem — structure with a height of 236 meters located closed a few years ago, a restaurant and an observation deck.
On Board the crashed ship were seven people — two pilots, a Turkish employee of the Eczacıbaşı group of companies and its four Russian colleagues: Alexander Vanin, Igor Kochergin, Lyudmila Churov and Elena Batagai.
Earlier on March 10, in the Internet appeared the video from the scene.