Mourning was declared in the Krasnoyarsk Territory due to the death of 18 people in a helicopter crash

The authorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory declared Monday, August 6, a day of mourning due to the death of 18 people in a helicopter crash in the north-west of the region.

• On the morning of August 4, a Mi-8 helicopter of UTair airlines, which was transporting oil workers, crashed near the Vankor oil pumping station in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. There were 18 people on board, all of them died. The cause of the crash was that the helicopter hit a pipe attached to another helicopter with its blades.