TEHRAN, August 4 - An Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region, killing 18 people on board, a source told Sputnik on Saturday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - "At 10:20 a.m. on August 4, 2018, a Mi-8 helicopter performed a hard landing in Turukhansk district 2 kilometers from the village of Igarka," the statement read.
"There were 18 people aboard the aircraft, including three crew members. All of them died," the source in the regional emergency services said.
A helicopter performed a hard landing in Siberia on Saturday morning, Russian Emergency Ministry's department in the Krasnoyarsk region said.
According to the regional emergency services, Mi-8 crash was possibly caused by technical failure. The helicpoter fell apart and caught fire.
The helicopter belonged to Utair airline, the source added. There were three crew and 15 oil industry workers aboard from Vankor No1 oil pumping station when it hit the ground and burst into flames at 10:20 a.m. local time. No one survived.
Source: Sputnik News
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