Russia: 21 killed, 3 injured in helicopter crash

DN Bureau



 

dynamitenews.com
Moscow/ 22 October 2016.
At least 21 people were killed and 3 others got injured after a MI-8 helicopter crash-landed on Siberia's Yamal Peninsula due to poor weather condition.


The two black boxes of the ill-fated helicopter have been found by rescue teams in Russia's northwestern Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region in Siberia.


The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.


According to the source, there were 22 passengers and three crew members aboard when the helicopter made the crash landing. One of the three injured survivors called the emergency department with a mobile phone.


Local emergency department has dispatched the first search and rescue team of 140 people to the site of the accident. (With agency inputs)