Civilian helicopter goes missing in far eastern Russia with 22 people on board
A civilian Mi-8 helicopter with 22 people on board disappeared in the far eastern Kamchatka region, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation) reported on Saturday.
The missing aircraft, which was carrying tourists, was traveling from the Vachkajec volcano in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the village of Nikolayevka further east — a distance of about 25 kilometers (about 15.5 miles), the agency said in a statement.