Russian Mi-8 helicopter with 22 people onboard goes missing in Far East
The Hindu
Rescuers search for missing helicopter with 22 people in Russia's far east, feared crashed near Vachkazhets volcano.
Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east on Saturday with 22 people on board.
The Mi-8 helicopter took off close to the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka region, but did not arrive at its destination as scheduled, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in a statement.
It said it believed that 19 passengers and three crew members were on board.
The Mi-8 is a two-engine helicopter designed in the 1960s. It is widely used in Russia, where crashes have been frequent, as well as in neighboring countries and many other nations.
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