Four Turkish soldiers die in helicopter crash
ANKARA, Apr 10 (Reuters) Four Turkish soldiers died and two factory workers were injured today when a military transport helicopter crashed into a factory in western Turkey,state-run agency Anatolian reported.
The agency quoted a local official as saying the cause of the crash, in Kocaeli province east of Istanbul, was not knownand the helicopter had been on a military exercise in Istanbul.
A captain and three lieutenants were killed. The factory workers were taken to hospital, the agency said.
REUTERS SHR ND1724
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Story first published: Monday, April 10, 2006, 17:39 [IST]