Six people died on Wednesday when a helicopter operated by a local airline crashed in a city in far eastern Russia, investigators said. The Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Vostok airline crashed on a street in the city of Khabarovsk at 11:30 am local time (0130 GMT), the Investigative Committee, which probes serious incidents, said in a statement. The helicopter crashed in a ravine in Khabarovsk, which is located more than 6,000 kilometres east of Moscow and is home to some 600,000 people. Investigators said the most likely causes of the crash were poor weather, a technical fault or pilot error. In 2016, 19 people died when a Mi-8 helicopter carrying oil and gas field workers crashed in a remote area of Siberia.

Source: Hindustan Times April 11, 2018 08:03 UTC