FOUR people have died in a horror helicopter crash after an air ambulance collided with a hospital.
The emergency chopper took off in heavy fog in southwest Turkey before plunging down the side of the building moments later in the deadly smash.
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The helicopter was taking off from the Mugla Training and Research Hospital, the health ministry said in a statement.
Terrifying footage shows the helicopter taking flight in very low visibility.
The doomed journey begins slowly as it climbs through the air before vanishing into the fog.
Moments later it crashed into the side of the fourth floor of the hospital building.
Harrowing pictures of the Turkish emergency facility show several of the panels ripped from the building.
The helicopter is said to have rapidly fallen to the ground and smashed into pieces on impact.
Images show the wreckage surrounded by debris from the smashed up hospital wall.
All four crew members on board – made up of two pilots, a doctor and another medical worker – died in the crash.
Mugla’s regional governor, Idris Akbiyik, confirmed no one else was injured inside the hospital or on the ground.
The aircraft was reportedly heading to Antalya.
Turkey‘s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was left devastated over the fatal collsion.
He said on social media: “The news that four of our brothers lost their lives as a result of the crash of an ambulance helicopter affiliated with our Ministry of Health in Muğla broke our hearts.
“I pray to God to have mercy on our deceased personnel and offer my condolences to their families, colleagues and our entire healthcare community.”
Investigations into the exact cause of the accident are ongoing.
This crash comes less than two weeks after another tragic collision between two helicopters during a military training exercise in Isparta.
Six soldiers are said to have died in the incident.
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