The Mi-8 helicopter carrying 19 passengers and three crew went missing

 

Moscow: A helicopter carrying 22 people has gone missing in Russia. There were 19 passengers and three crew members in the helicopter. The helicopter went missing in Russia's eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, the Federal Air Transport Agency said.

According to the report of Interfax news agency, the Mi-8T helicopter is missing. The incident took place near the Kassets volcano. This came to notice when the helicopter did not arrive on time.

The Mi-8 is a twin-engine helicopter designed in the 1960s. Widely used in Russia and neighboring countries. On August 12, an Mi-8 helicopter with 16 people on board crashed in Kamchatka, Russia. Kamchatka is a tourist destination. The region is more than 6,000 km east of Moscow and 2,000 km west of Alaska.