Kuala Lumpur: A firefighting plane from Russia crashed Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and emergency workers aboard, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
They were fighting wildfires in Turkey, where over 300 wildfires in the last 16 days killed eight other people, consumed forests and homes and sent thousands fleeing.
The Russian ministry said five Russian and three Turkish citizens were on the amphibious Beriev Be-200.
A team to investigate the accident was dispatched to the Kahramanmaras area, Turkish state media said.
