Russian rescuers discovered in Lake Onega the wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter after ground control services lost contact with the crew as the aircraft was flying over Lake Onega in Karelia on February 4.
All three crew members were killed in the crash, Current Time reports, citing the regional office of Russia’s state emergency ministry, according to Ukrinform.
The helicopter wreckage was found 11 km off the coast nearly 50 meters under the lake surface. The emergency ministry said the aircraft had been piloted by an experienced crew – Vladimir Yevseev, Sergey Nosov, and Vladimir Bilida.
