S-76 with seven on board crashes in Istanbul

An S-76, belonging to the Eczacıbaşı Aviation Company, with seven people on board crashed shortly after takeoff in Istanbul. Early statements are that it clipped a television tower just before crashing. On board were Eczacıbaşı Building Products Russia Country Director Salim Özen, Russia Regional Sales Manager Aleksandr Vanin, Russian guests Igor Kochergin, Luidmila Chuprova, Elena Badragan, as well as Turkish pilots Alaattin Nacar and Ahmet Bulut. The helicopter crashed onto a roadway, before exploding and burning.

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Eczacibasi was founded in 1942, and has businesses in many industries, from buildings to pharmaceuticals, to finance and more.

Building products
Burgbad AG [1]
Eczacıbaşı Building Products [2]
Engers Keramik GmbH [3]
İntema Building Products [4]
V&B Fliesen GmbH [5]
VitrA Tiles [6]
VitrA UK [7]
VitrA Bad GmbH [8]
VitrA (USA)[9]
VitrA Tiles LLC (Russia)
Pharmaceuticals
Eczacıbaşı Baxter Hospital Supply [10]
Eczacıbaşı Health Services [11]
Eczacıbaşı Health Care Products JSC
Eczacıbaşı Monrol Nuclear Products [12]
Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Marketing [13]
Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Trading
Capintec [14]
Molecular Imaging [15]
Consumer products
Eczacıbaşı Girişim [16]
Eczacıbaşı Schwarzkopf [17]
İpek Kağıt Tissue Paper [18]
İpek Kağıt Tissue Paper (Kazakhstan)
Finance
Eczacıbaşı Investment Holding
Eczacıbaşı Investment Partnership
Eczacıbaşı Securities [19]
Eczacıbaşı Asset Management [20]
Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceutical and Industrial Investment
Eczacıbaşı Insurance Agency
Information technology
E-Kart Electronic Card Systems [21]
Eczacıbaşı Information and Communication Technologies [22]
Others
Eczacıbaşı Lincoln Electric Askaynak [23]
Eczacıbaşı Property Development and Investment
Eczacıbaşı Esan [24]
Eczacıbaşı Esan Italia
Ekom Eczacıbaşı Foreign Trade
Yapı-İş Real Estate and Construction
Kanyon Management and Marketing [25]

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a reply to: Zaphod58

Early statements are that it clipped a television tower just before crashing.

Clipped an antenna? What, they putting those off the end of runways now. Suspicious...

a reply to: intrptr

Helicopters don't need runways.

a reply to: Chadwickus

Thank you... wasn't clear in the OP.

We don't need any further evidence then, cause of the crash is already been determined, by "statements".

/sarc

a reply to: Zaphod58

Is it just me or are a lot of important Russians dying tragically lately?

a reply to: Vector99

Even Zerohedge has talked about this. Something is pretty clearly up.

a reply to: intrptr

257 meters...850+ feet. That's a tall antenna and who said it was on a runway? Given bad conditions, which is what is reported, it is plausible that to hit such an antenna.

Also, nothing was determined; it says clearly it was speculated about the antenna being the possible culprit.

I'm not sure a dad gum rotorcraft is safe....1200 moving parts that have to work...

Fixed wing craft.....one moving part.....am I wrong?

a reply to: GBP/JPY

you are so utterly wrong - it hurts

originally posted by: ownbestenemy1
a reply to: intrptr

257 meters...850+ feet. That's a tall antenna and who said it was on a runway? Given bad conditions, which is what is reported, it is plausible that to hit such an antenna.

Also, nothing was determined; it says clearly it was speculated about the antenna being the possible culprit.

Clearly, speculating, the Russians did it.

a reply to: intrptr

Yes because "clearly" its less likely that a helicopter flying in poor conditions could strike a difficult to see 850ft antenna mast than some fantastic but uncorroborated inference of ill defined nefariousness.

originally posted by: thebozeian
a reply to: intrptr

Yes because "clearly" its less likely that a helicopter flying in poor conditions could strike a difficult to see 850ft antenna mast than some fantastic but uncorroborated inference of ill defined nefariousness.

I wasn't there, I don't see any evidence, just hearsay.

I never believe that, sorry.