What: UT Air
Where: 350 kms from Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
When: July 2 2008
Who: 9 fatalities, 13 aboard
Why: The helicopter was on landing approach when according to witnesses, it caught fire and crashed. Apparently one of the black boxes survived and is being studied. The crew survived the crash.

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What: Robinson R-44 II
Where: Nizhnevartovsk, Russia.
When: March 2, 2008
Who: pilot and the passenger
Why: The helicopter was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain– a swampy forest area in a nose down, right roll attitude.

The pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Russian flight regulations and the wreckage was not found until July 2008

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