KABUL (Pajhwok): At least six people on board a Qatari military helicopter were killed after it crashed into the Gulf state’s waters due to a reported technical malfunction, according to media reports.
Seven individuals were on board at the time of the incident. On Sunday, Qatar’s Interior Ministry confirmed that specialised search operations are ongoing to locate the one remaining missing person, Al Jazeera reported.
Earlier the same day, Qatar’s Defence Ministry stated in a post on X that the helicopter experienced a technical malfunction during a routine mission, which led to the crash in the country’s territorial waters.
No further details have been released regarding the cause of the malfunction, and there is currently no indication that the crash was the result of hostile action.
The Defence Ministry identified the deceased as Captain (Pilot) Mubarak Salem Daway Al-Marri, Sergeant Fahad Hadi Ghanem Al-Khayarin, and Corporal Mohammed Maher Mohammed from the Qatar Armed Forces; Major Sinan Tastekin from the Qatar–Türkiye Joint Forces; and Turkish civilian collaborators Suleiman Cemra Kahraman and Ismail Anas Can.
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