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In Altai, a helicopter fell into a lake. On board was a former official who survived a helicopter crash in 2009
In the Republic of Altai, a helicopter fell into Lake Teletskoye. There were five people on board.
The pilot did not warn the controllers about this flight. According to an Interfax source, "a group of five vacationers decided to fly over the lake, but something went wrong on takeoff and the helicopter crashed into the water."
Visibility is poor in the area of the helicopter crash.
According to an Interfax source, Anatoly Bannykh, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Altai, could have been at the controls of the helicopter. In 2009, he was in a helicopter with hunters that crashed in the Altai mountains. Then 7 out of 11 people on board were killed, including Alexander Kosopkin, the presidential representative in the State Duma.
The organization of pilots and citizens-owners of aircraft said that the helicopter was flown by "the most experienced pilot-instructor" Dmitry Rakitsky. This information is confirmed by TASS. According to the agency's source, Bannykh was among the passengers.
“If the accident developed as eyewitnesses describe it, the helicopter abruptly lost altitude during takeoff, then this may indicate a pilot error or a malfunction of the helicopter’s propulsion system,” the emergency services representative said.