A helicopter crashed today on a highway on the outskirts of Istanbul after apparently hitting a television tower in dense fog, leaving the seven people aboard dead. Vasip Sahin said the helicopter crashed in Istanbul's Buyukcekmece district after taking off from Ataturk Airport, adding that the cause of the crash is under investigation. Authorities initially recovered five bodies from the crash site, but Mayor Kadir Topbas later said that all seven on board died. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the crash site in video shown on Turkish network DHA. Video from a helicopter showed rows of rescue vehicles at the crash site and traffic piling up as vehicles were diverted off the highway to other roads.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 11:18 UTC