Military helicopter crashes near St. Petersburg, 3 killed
An MI-8 military helicopter crashed outside St. Petersburg on Thursday killing all three crew members. - AP Newsroom
LENINGRAD: An MI-8 military helicopter crashed outside St. Petersburg on Thursday killing all three crew members, reported state-run Tass news agency citing an unnamed emergency agency as source.
The helicopter belonged to the National Guard of Russia and was undergoing a training flight, the agency also reported.
A similar helicopter crashed in north-western Siberia in August 2018 killing 18 oil workers on board.
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