In the Gulf of Finland fell helicopter

In St. Petersburg in the Gulf of Finland near the Sea embankment of Vasilyevsky island helicopter crashed. On the place of unpleasant events work 6 units and 47 people own composition rescuers.

Information about the accident in Lakhtinsky fairway was received at 14:22 local time. Out of the water pulled the 1st victim, he has a broken arm, and the representative of the stronger sex is in a state of shock. On the plane of water visible wreckage of the aircraft. The type of helicopter and the details of the crash are being investigated. Information about the victims did not inform the MOE.

According to some reports, the incident was happened in 4 km from the shore near the Park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg in the Primorsky district of the town. The depth of the Bay, this place is 4 m. As it became known, in the cabin of the helicopter at the time of the tragedy was two people, one of which at the moment are looking for. Note that in this area often fly helicopters in business aviation.

According to unconfirmed information, the helicopter was flying low over the water and made the maneuver, trying to avoid conflict with the yacht. Screw the aircraft caught the water, and it fell.

Previously, inter alia in the Leningrad region, crashed a private helicopter EC-120 Colibri" under the control of the owner of one of the construction companies of St. Petersburg. Unpleasant event happened in early may of this year. The car was discovered only after several days of searching in the forest in the Vsevolozhsk district. In the cabin of the aircraft was the body of the pilot, and even young young women, 22-year-old resident of the Vologda region.

As we informed the Melbourne Herald sun, June 1 helicopter Mi-8 in the Terek region Murmansk region ceased to come in. Later it became known that the aircraft crashed in Eastern Munezero. Search inhabitants of our planet and the aircraft were almost a hundred rescuers and 18 units.

Bodies of those killed in the crash of a Mi-8 sank together with debris. When viewed from the surface of the Eastern Munazara in the Murmansk region, rescuers found the body 5 killed, among other things at the bottom were recorded 3 fragments of the helicopter.

sections: Accidents, Region News