MOSCOW, June 1 (AFP): Sixteen people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said Sunday.
According to preliminary information, the Mi-8 helicopter was carrying 18 people, including five crew, when it crashed over Munozero lake in a remote area in the northwestern Murmansk region on Saturday, regional officials said.
Two people were injured and hospitalised and the rest are considered missing, officials said.
16 missing after Russian chopper crashes into lake
FE Team | Published: June 02, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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