The crew of the Mi-8 military helicopter, which crash landed near Ulyanovsk, was not injured, the Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the ministry, the pilots were promptly evacuated to their base airfield by the search and rescue service.
As follows from the statement of the Ministry of Defense, the cause of the emergency that occurred during the planned flight could be a technical malfunction.
Note that the number of casualties varies. So, “Interfax”referring to the Ministry of Health of the region, claims that as a result of the incident, three people received various injuries.
Recall that on the afternoon of Friday, January 28, the aircraft made a hard landing on the ice in the waters of the Volga near the settlement of Dubki.
