Sunday, August 16, 2015

Media called the preliminary version of Mi-8 crash in the Khabarovsk Territory – RBC

Mi-8 file photo

Photo: RIA Novosti

As a preliminary version of the crash of the Mi-8 in the Khabarovsk Territory is considered an engine failure. It is reported by Interfax, citing a source in the services of the transport supervision in the region.

«According to preliminary data, according to the commander of the aircraft, a helicopter crash was the cause of a technical problem, possibly engine failure”, – quotes agency the words of the interlocutor .

The accident happened on Saturday, August 15th. Mi-8 helicopter made flight from the village of Polina Osipenko in the Khabarovsk Krai in the Lake Ongachan. He fell a few kilometers from the planned landing. When the crash 11 passengers managed to escape. On board the crashed helicopter was a group of top managers “VTB Leasing”. General Director of “VTB Leasing” and his deputies have survived the fall. According to preliminary data, five other people were in the Mi-8, were killed.

According to a source in aviation circles, the helicopter crashed near the oil platform during landing, “before reaching her quite a bit.”

On Sunday, all 11 people survived the accident (the eight passengers and three crew members), taken in Khabarovsk.

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