Four killed in helicopter crash in Russia

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An emergency official said a helicopter crashed during a test flight in central Russia and killed four of the five people on board.


Regional emergency spokesman Andrei Rodygin says the Mi-8 craft went down around on the outskirts of Kazan. The city is about 700 kilometers east of Moscow.

Russian news reports said one of the pilots managed to parachute from the falling craft and was hospitalised in serious condition.

The Mi-8 is a workhorse helicopter used widely in civilian and military aviation in the former Soviet Union. Crashes occur frequently and are blamed on poor maintenance and aging equipment.

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