US EditionFive Killed in Helicopter Crash in Russia’s Far East
KHABAROVSK KRAI, RUSSIA, JUL 16 – A criminal probe into air safety violations is underway after a Mi-8 helicopter crashed without sending a distress signal, killing all five crew and technical staff aboard.
- A Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter carrying five people crashed on July 14 while flying from Okhotsk to Magadan in Khabarovsk Krai.
- The helicopter disappeared during its return flight from maintenance, prompting a search effort that lasted two days and included another Mi-8 helicopter as well as an An-26 aircraft.
- On July 16, rescuers discovered the crashed helicopter on a fire-damaged, forested, rocky mountainside about 130 kilometers northeast of Okhotsk, close to Cape Gadikan.
- Emergency authorities confirmed all five onboard—three crew members and two technicians—were found dead, with no distress signal or emergency beacon activation reported.
- Investigators and the Emergencies Ministry are examining the site, wreckage, and flight recorders to determine cause, while regional prosecutors launched a probe into the operator, APK Vzlyot LLC.
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5 dead in Mi-8 helicopter crash in Russia
All five people on board a Mi-8 helicopter that went missing in Russia's Khabarovsk Territory have been confirmed dead, emergency authorities said Wednesday, reported Xinhua. "Rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, together with investigators, will examine the crash site, the helicopter wreckage, and search for the flight recorders to determine the cause of the accident," said the ministry. The five victims included three crew membe…
The bodies of the crew members were first found near the landing site of the helicopter
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