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Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 Aircraft Crashes In Turkey Killing 8 Onboard

Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 Aircraft Crashes In Turkey Killing 8 Onboard

A Russian Beriev Be-200 amphibious firefighting aircraft impacted a mountainside while fighting forest fires in Turkey. According to the reports, five crew members (military, belonging to the Russian Federation) and three Turkish forest inspectors were killed in the incident (some sources say just 7 people were aboard). The aircraft was …

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