Russia: One dead, four hurt in Mi-2 helicopter crash in Kostroma Region

Mi-2 helicopter

MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/: One person died and four more people were hurt in a Mi-2 helicopter crash in the Kostroma Region, a source in the emergencies services told TASS on Tuesday.

"According to preliminary data, one person died. Four people survived but receives injuries," he said.

A Mi-2 helicopter, which was on a sanitary flight, crashed some four kilometers of the Sokerkino airport in the Kostroma Region. There were five people onboard: two pilots, two medics and one patient.

The Russian emergencies ministry’s Kostroma region department has confirmed the accident.