An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russian helicopter operator Eltsovka Helicopter Airline crashed yesterday (5th December) in the Tomsk Oblast region of Russia near Kargasok in the West Siberian Plain.
A total of 18 persons were aboard (15 passengers and 3 crew) all of whom escaped injury.
The helicopter is believed to have departed Karagsok on a commercial flight when it encountered a problem resulting in a forced landing. A second helicopter came to recover the passengers and took them to their originally intended destination.