Six killed in Qatar helicopter crash, one person missing

Six people have been killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar’s territorial waters on Sunday including three Turkish nationals, the Ministry of Defense said adding that search was ongoing to find the last missing person.

The ministry identified the deceased as Captain (Pilot) Mubarak Salem Daway al-Marri, Sergeant Fahad Hadi Ghanem al-khayarin, and Corporal Mohammed Maher Mohammed from Qatar Armed Forces, Major Sinan Taştekin from Qatar – Turkey Joint Forces, and Turkish civilian collaborators Suleiman Cemra Kahraman and Ismail Anas Can.

It added that search operations for, Captain (Pilot) Saeed Nasser Samekh, from Qatar Armed Forces, was still in progress.

The announcement came after the ministry announced earlier on Sunday that a helicopter crashed after a “technical malfunction.”

“A Qatari helicopter had a technical malfunction during a routine duty, which led to its crash in the regional waters of the State,” the defense ministry said in a statement posted to X.