Mi-8 helicopter has fallen in Russia: many dead and victims (video)

According to preliminary data, a helicopter pilot hit the high -voltage network during planting. At the time of the tragedy on board the Mi-8 were 16 people. In Russia, a plane crash occurred in the Altai region. The Mi-8 helicopter crashed. About it reports the Russian edition "Medusa". At this time, six dead and seven wounded are known. According to preliminary data, during landing in the settlement of Tungur Ust-Kokinsky district, the aircraft touched the wires of the transmission line.

This, according to emergency services, was the cause of the accident. At the time of the tragedy, 13 tourists and 3 crew members were in the salon. The helicopter fell and then broke out immediately. People from the salon immediately rescued eyewitnesses to the tragedy. As a result, six people were killed on the spot. Others survived, but severely injured, the sources were specified. The helicopter belonged to Altai Avia and transported a group of tourists.

The media publishes personnel that show the effects of the Mi-8 disaster. Recall that the Ukrainian air defense forces knocked down an enemy helicopter. At the airfield, which is located in the temporarily occupied city of Melitopol of Zaporizhzhya region, the Russians lost one combat helicopter, probably Mi-8. The wreckage of aviation in the airfield was seen by a Russian serviceman.