Helicopter MI-8 has crashed in Khabarovsky krai (Russian Far East). According to information received from an Emergency Situations Ministry official, the helicopter took off from Nikolaevsk-na-Amure to Bogorodskoe at 7:55 Moscow time. At about 8:00 m.t. the helicopter disappeared from the screens of radars. After careful search it was discovered in the Amur river outlet. The rescue team arrived to the crash site. There were three crew members onboard, one of them alive, the official informed.
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