An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russia’s emergencies ministry crashed into a lake in the country’s northern region of Karelia, killing all three crew members on board, the authorities said on Monday.
“The plane was on a training flight,” the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. “The helicopter was flown by an experienced crew with thousands of flight hours.”
The wreckage of the helicopter, which disappeared from radar late on Sunday, was found 11 km (6.8 miles) from the shore of the Lake Onega, Europe’s second-largest lake, at a depth of 50 m (164 feet).
