Russian firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey

Russian defence ministry says all eight people onboard a Russian firefighting plane died when it crashed in Turkey.

Russia said all eight people onboard a Russian water-dropping plane died when it crashed in Turkey during a firefighting mission. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday that the Be-200 plane had crashed at about 3:10pm Moscow time (13:30 GMT) and that it carried five Russian servicemen and three Turkish citizens, Russian news agencies reported. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency said the plane was linked to the General Directory of Forestry. Search and rescue teams were sent to the area in Kahramanmaras.