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Urgent: Six killed in helicopter crash in Russia's Far East

Xinhua, August 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least six people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in Russia's Khabarovsk territory, the Interfax news agency reported, citing an unnamed source.

"Preliminary reports indicate that the helicopter was found destroyed several kilometers away from the Ongachan platform. Preliminarily, six people have been killed and ten others are alive," the source said. Endi