The victims did not know the exact landing site of the Mi-8. The helicopter probably landed somewhere in the taiga.
The Mi-8 helicopter, flying on the route Irkutsk – Orlik, disappeared from the radar in the Irkutsk region with six people on board. Subsequently, they contacted – the pilots said that “everything is fine” with them. However, according to preliminary information, the Mi-8 made a hard landing near the village of Razdolye – two people were injured. This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel Mash.
Baikal Aero board with rescuers flew to help them. The victims do not know the exact landing site of the Mi-8 that crashed in the Usolsky district. The plane probably landed in the taiga.
Two people – passengers – were injured after a helicopter crash-landed in the Irkutsk region.
The incident happened at 9:30 a.m. Moscow time. Another helicopter with rescuers is flying to the scene.
The Telegram channel added that there were doctors on board a helicopter in the Irkutsk region making a sanitary flight to Orlik.
As you know, this is not the first time Russian helicopters have crashed. In particular, rescuers found a Mi-8 helicopter that crashed in Kamchatka the previous day with 22 people on board. No one on board survived.
The day before it became known that a Russian Mi-8 helicopter disappeared in Kamchatka during the flight from a site in the Vachkazhets volcanic area to the Nikolaevka site.
Source: korrespondent
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