Helicopter with tourists crashes in east Russia; 8 missing
The Hindu
Nine people, including two pilots, reportedly survived the crash, and the others are missing and feared dead.
A helicopter carrying tourists crashed into a volcanic lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east on August 12, and search was on in the lake for up to eight people who are still missing, officials said. At least eight others reportedly survived. The helicopter went down in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and the regional administration said workers were searching for survivors in Kuril Lake, which was formed in a volcano caldera and crater. Russia's Emergencies Ministry said 13 tourists and three crew members were aboard the Mi-8 helicopter when it plunged into the lake and eight people survived, according to the state RIA Novosti news agency. It said two of them were heavily injured.More Related News