15 killed in Russian helicopter crash

At least 10 people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in Russia’s northern Krasnoyarsk region on Thursday, the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office said.

Investigators were still trying to determine what caused the crash of the helicopter, which is owned by the local Turukhan air company.

‘There were 22 passengers on board, presumably shift workers, and 3 crew members’. “People are being evacuated”, local police told TASS. It said that 10 people, including three crew members, died. A total of 15 people have sustained various injuries and have been sent to hospital in the town of Igarka.

The civilian helicopter was carrying workers to an oil production site at Vankor, an oilfield belonging to Rosneft. The emergencies ministry said the helicopter made a hard landing in a difficult access area some 2 kilometers from the airport of Igarka and its fuselage was destroyed without catching fire.