Published February 05,2024
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An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russia’s emergencies ministry crashed right into a lake within the nation’s northern area of Karelia, killing all three crew members on board, the authorities mentioned on Monday.
“The plane was on a training flight,” the ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging app. “The helicopter was flown by an experienced crew with thousands of flight hours.”
The wreckage of the helicopter, which disappeared from radar late on Sunday, was discovered 11 km (6.8 miles) from the shore of the Lake Onega, Europe’s second-largest lake, at a depth of fifty m (164 ft).
The ministry mentioned divers and a remote-controlled underwater automobile have been being deployed. Separately, TASS cited regional governor Artur Parfenchikov as saying the crew members have died.
The Karelia area is split into two elements: the Finnish Karelia area and the Russian Republic of Karelia within the northwestern a part of Russia, between the White and Baltic seas, the place the helicopter crashed.
Source: www.anews.com.tr