MOSCOW — Russian emergency officials said Monday they had recovered the bodies of all 22 people from a helicopter that crashed in Russia’s Far East leaving no survivors.
Russian officials recover the bodies of all 22 people killed in a helicopter crash in the Far East.
MOSCOW — Russian emergency officials said Monday they had recovered the bodies of all 22 people from a helicopter that crashed in Russia’s Far East leaving no survivors.
The Mi-8 is a two-engine helicopter designed in the 1960s. It is widely used in Russia, where crashes have been frequent, as well as in neighboring countries and many other nations.
Russian media described the flight operator Vityaz-Aero as one of the largest carriers in the Kamchatka region. After a helicopter crash in 2021, in which eight people were killed, authorities banned the company from transporting passengers pending an investigation into a possible violation of flight safety rules.
Vityaz-Aero is the biggest of several local carriers that fly tourists to the Kronotsky reserve, a top attraction that includes Russia’s only geyser basin.
