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Helicopter crash kills three in Russia
Updated: 2011-07-25 13:52
(Xinhua)
MOSCOW - An Mi-8 helicopter with five people onboard crashed in east Russia on Monday, killing three and injuring the other two.
According to Itar-Tass news agency, an enine failure occurred when the helicopter was making a landing in Chukotka region. The plane crashed into the ground and caught fire.
Earlier this month, another Mi-8 helicopter, owned by Russia's UTAir airline, crashed while ferrying oil workers to a drilling site in Russian Siberia, killing two and injuring 14 others.
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