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Sun, 07/10/2011 - 11:20
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Private helicopter crashes in Krasnoyarsk Territory.
KRASNOYARSK, July 10 (Itar-Tass) -- A private helicopter crashed in
the Krasnoyarsk Territory on Sunday. The fate of the pilot is unknown,
spokeswoman for the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's
regional centre Yelena Yastrebkova told Itar-Tass.
The crash occurred near the residential site of Istok on Sunday
morning. The pilot in the private Robinson two-seat helicopter took off
from a helicopter ground on Konny Island at about 05:15 local time (01:15
Moscow time), and contact with him was lost shortly after that.
Rescuers were immediately sent to search for the helicopter. The
wreckage was spotted from the air 800 metres away from the takeoff ground
up the Yenisei River at 08:10 local time (04:10). EMERCOM rescuers have
headed for the site.
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