Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters as operations continue to search for the last missing person, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Qatar’s defense ministry said the dead included three Qatari troops and three Turkish citizens, including a military officer and two civilians. The Qatari airman remains missing, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Defense earlier said the helicopter crashed after suffering a technical fault during “routine service”.
The interior ministry said several specialist teams had been deployed.
Qatar did not specify where the helicopter was flying to or the number of people on board.
Victims named
Those killed in the accident were identified as:
Captain (Pilot) Mubarak Salem Daway Al Marri – Qatar Armed Forces
Sergeant Fahad Hadi Ghanem Al Khayarin – Qatar Armed Forces
Corporal Mohammed Maher Mohammed – Qatar Armed Forces
Major Sinan Tashtekin – Qatar-Turkey Joint Forces
Suleiman Cemra Kahraman – Turkish civilian collaborator
Ismail Anas Can – Turkish civilian collaborator
A search operation continues for Captain (Pilot) Saeed Nasser Samekh of the Qatar Armed Forces, who is still missing.
While Qatar has been the target of several strikes since the start of the Middle East war, no link has been found between the helicopter and the conflict sparked by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
