"A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry crashed during a training flight when the crew was drilling rescue operations in extremely difficult conditions in the Lubertsy district," the Russian Emergencies Ministry press service told TASS.
The three crew members onboard died in the crash.
Three Russian Emergencies Ministry units put on alert
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has put three of its units on alert after the ministry’s Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Moscow region late on Wednesday.
"The main Emergencies Ministry department for the Moscow region; the ministry’s central regional center and the Zhukovsky-based rescue aviation center have switched over to the emergency situation regime in the connection with the Mi-8 crash," the the ministry’s central regional center told TASS.
The crew tried to take the vehicle away from highways and populated localities
The crew of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed in the Moscow region late on Wednesday could have tried to take the vehicle away from highways and populated localities when they understood that a technical breakdown might have occurred onboard, an aviation source told TASS.
"It looks as if the crew tried to lead the helicopter away from the populated localities. It fell down in the Tomilino forest park between the settlements of Mirnyi and Oktyabrsky - just one kilometer away from Oktyabrsky and 1.5 kilometers away from the Lytkarino highway," the source explained.
Russian Emergencies Ministry confirms its helicopter’s crash in Moscow
22 September 2016
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The Russian Emergencies Ministry has confirmed the crash of its helicopter in the Moscow region.
