Fifteen killed in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia

<img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgMain" src="http://images.thenews.com.pk/updates_pics/Russia-helicopter-crash-Siberia-Mi-8-Igarka_11-26-2015_205458_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" title="Fifteen killed in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia" /><b style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">MOSCOW: Fifteen people were killed in Russia on Thursday when a civilian helicopter crashed in Siberia, regional authorities said.</b><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> The Mi-8 helicopter, which was transporting 22 passengers and four crew members, crashed outside the town of Igarka in Western Siberia, some 2,800 kilometres (1,750 miles) northeast of Moscow.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> "Fifteen people were killed and 10 people were hospitalised as a result of the crash," regional transportation authorities said in a statement.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Contact with the helicopter – which was headed to an oil pumping station – was lost just after 0400 GMT, some 15 minutes after takeoff from Igarka airport, authorities said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> The regional branch of the emergencies ministry said the helicopter had performed an emergency landing but did not elaborate on what might have caused the crash</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Fifteen killed in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia

MOSCOW: Fifteen people were killed in Russia on Thursday when a civilian helicopter crashed in Siberia, regional authorities said. The M...

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