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Russia: Mi-8 helicopter Crashes, Killing 3, Two Survivors

What: Mi-8 helicopter
Where: Billings, Chukotka region Russia
When: July 25 2011
Who: 5 passengers, 3 fatalities
Why: On a standard operational flight on the Chukotka border, the Mi-8 helicopter developed engine problems and then one engine shut down. The pilot lost control of the helicopter and it crashed in Kamchatka, and caught on fire on impact.

Doctors and paramedics were flown in to the site.

One crew member and two passengers died on the scene. There were two survivors, the crew commander and the co-pilot.

THe chopper is reported by news agencies as belonging to a local airline.

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