Emergency chopper landing leaves six injured in Russia

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Updated At : 01:20 PM Dec 26, 2019 IST

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Moscow, December 25

Russian officials say six people are injured after a passenger helicopter made a rough emergency landing in Siberia on Wednesday morning.

The Mi-8 helicopter with 21 passengers and three crew members got caught in a snowstorm soon after taking off in the village of Baykit, officials from the local branch of Russia’s Emergency Ministry said.

The helicopter toppled over upon landing. The injured have been hospitalised and two are undergoing surgery, health care officials said. Police are investigating the accident.

The Mi-8, code-named Hip by NATO, is a medium twin-turbine helicopter designed in the Soviet Union and widely used in Russia as a transport aircraft. — AP

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