The cause of the crash was under investigation, Soylu said
\nTLTP
\nANKARA
\nSeven Turkish security personnel have been killed after a plane belonging to the country\u2019s police force crashed into a mountain in eastern Turkey, according to the Ministry of Interior.
\nThe small jet was returning from a surveillance and reconnaissance mission late on Wednesday when it crashed into Mount Artos at an altitude of 2,200 metres (some 7,200 feet), Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters.
\nThe mountain, a dormant volcano, is situated in Van province, near the border with Iran. Soylu, who travelled to the region to oversee the recovery operation, said the plane disappeared from the radar on its way back to Van\u2019s Ferit Melen Airport. The plane\u2019s wreckage was found at about 3:00am (00:00 GMT).
\nAll on board, including the two pilots, were members of the national police.
\nThe cause of the crash was under investigation, Soylu said.
\nThe plane was on a surveillance mission over Van and the neighbouring, mostly Kurdish-populated province of Hakkari, which lies farther south and borders both Iran and Iraq. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The cause of the crash was under investigation, Soylu said TLTP ANKARA Seven Turkish security personnel have been killed after a plane belonging to the country\u2019s police force crashed into a mountain in eastern Turkey, according to the Ministry of Interior. The small jet was returning from a surveillance and reconnaissance mission late on Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-132891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n