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Helicopter crashes into lake in Russia and seven people are missing
Kurile lake
Kasimys, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gabriela Ramos
8/24/2021
After a technical failure, a helicopter carrying 16 people – three crew and thirteen tourists – crashed into Lake Kurile, in Kamchatka, in the far east of Russia. According to Interfax news agency, seven people are missing.
The Regional Ministry of Health informed Interfax that nine passengers were found alive in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve. The survivors were treated by two medical teams specializing in disaster medicine, who traveled to the scene of the accident.
According to the Kronotsky Nature Reserve administration, the helicopter sank and the wreckage is still at the bottom of the lake: "After the accident, the helicopter sank completely. The survivors, nine people, managed to get out and reach the surface, from where they were rescued by reserve personnel”.
There will be a search operation to find the seven missing and divers are expected to arrive at the site.
During the flight, the crew discovered a technical failure in the helicopter and tried to make an emergency landing in dense fog, but the operation failed and the aircraft ended up crashing into the lake.
Kurile lake
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Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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