Helicopter Crash Near Volcano in Russia’s Far East Kills at Least 17

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Helicopter ****** Near Volcano in Russia’s Far East ****** at Least 17

A helicopter flying tourists near a volcano in Russia’s Far East crashed on Saturday, ******** at least 17 people, according to emergency officials who discovered the wreckage the next day and state news agencies.

The helicopter was carrying 19 passengers and three crew members, the governor of the Kamchatka region, Vladimir Solodov,

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Saturday on Telegram after the search began. He said it had taken off near the region’s Vachkazhets volcano — a tourist attraction in the remote Kamchatka Peninsula — and was heading toward the village of Nikolaevka.

On Sunday, Mr. Solodov

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that the wreckage of the helicopter, an Mi-8, had been found, and that “we are doing everything possible to get specialists to the scene as quickly as we can.”

A rescue team found the wreckage on Sunday at an altitude of 900 meters, or almost 3,000 feet, not far from where the helicopter’s crew had last made contact, Russia’s ministry of emergencies

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The rescue crew found 17 bodies, the ministry reported. The emergency service told the state news agency

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that, based on the condition of the wreckage, no survivors were expected.

The agency posted a

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on Telegram that showed shards of a helicopter lying on the side of a steep hill in a mountainous region.

Fast-changing, harsh and sub-Arctic weather often buffets the peninsula, and there was fog, drizzle and poor visibility in the area on Saturday,

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the Kamchatka Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring. In 2021, another Mi-8 helicopter carrying tourists

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in Kamchatka, ******** eight people.

The region’s investigative agency covering transportation has opened an inquiry into possible violations of traffic safety and air transport rules in Saturday’s ******, it

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in a statement. Tass

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that the company operating the helicopter, Vityaz-Aero, was reprimanded by the authorities in 2021 over the ****** into the Kamchatka crater lake.

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