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Pilot injured in Russian Arctic helicopter crash
A helicopter crashed near Russia’s Arctic port of Murmansk, leaving a pilot with “serious” injuries and three other people only slightly hurt, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.
According to a ministry statement, nine people were travelling in the Mi-8 aircraft from Krasnoschelye to Lovozero, two remote outposts in Russia’s Kola Peninsula east of Murmansk.
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The statement said the crash may have been caused by the pilots likely losing control of the aircraft after drifting into a snowy gust.
It added that emergency crews were dispatched to the crash site.
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