A helicopter fell on a residential building in Sochi

The helicopter fell on a residential building in the Adler district of Sochi, a source in the emergency services of the Krasnodar Territory told RIA Novosti.

“The AS-50 helicopter crashed onto the roof of house 37 on Tsimlyanskaya Street. Preliminarily, six people were injured, one of them died. The helicopter was partially destroyed, there was no fire, but fuel spilled,” the agency’s source said.

TASS also reports the crash, without specifying data on the dead and injured.

Vesti cites a message from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, according to which there were three people in the helicopter. Emergency services were sent to the crash site. Life published footage from the helicopter crash site.