Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russia's Far East
A helicopter with 16 people on board, most of them tourists, crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east on Thursday, the local government said, with seven of them unaccounted for.
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- Published Date: 10:18 | 12 August 2021
- Modified Date: 10:18 | 12 August 2021
A MI-8 helicopter with 16 people on board crashed in Russia's Far East region of Kamchatka early on Thursday, the emergency service said.
At least seven people survived the hard landing of the helicopter in the Kamchatka peninsula, Interfax reported, citing a source. TASS news agency, also citing a source, reported that nine people survived the crash.
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