A Mi-8 helicopter that went missing in Russia's Irkutsk region was found crashed and destroyed, with ten people and about two tons of explosives aboard, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.
Russian Emergency Ministry officials say the MI-8 helicopter went missing while taking part in a flood rescue operation in the region's north.
Hours later, the helicopter’s wreckage was found.
Crew members, rescue officials, and the region's acting emergency situations chief, Stanislav Omelyanchik, were aboard the aircraft.
Rescue teams spotted bodies from the air, but it is not clear if all the people onboard were killed.
"The Mi-8 helicopter was discovered seven kilometres from the Preobrazhenka settlement with signs of destruction," the spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry, Irina Rossius, told the RIA Novosti news agency.
The agency added that it was carrying several tonnes of explosives being used to break up ice on rivers.
Monday 6 May 2013
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