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Russian emergencies Ministry confirm, no survivors in Mi-8 chopper crash

IANS | July 16, 2025 04:26 PM

MOSCOW: No survivors were reported in the July 14 Mi-8 chopper crash in Russia's far eastern region, Khabarovsk, the country's emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.

"According to Rosaviatsiya (Russia's air transport regulator), no one survived the crash. Russian Emergencies Ministry rescuers, jointly with investigators, are analysing fragments of the aircraft and looking for flight recorders at the site of the crash to establish the cause behind it, " the Russian Emergencies Ministry told state-run news agency TASS.

According to the initial information provided by the Eastern Interregional Transport Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee, five bodies were reported at the scene.

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