A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday evening, killing its three crew members, news agency RIA Novosti reported.
The MI-8 helicopter belonging to the Russian Air Force crashed near the town of Klin, 50 miles outside Moscow, during training exercises.
“On May 19, around 20:00, while performing a training flight 20 kilometers from the village of Klin, a Russian Air Force MI-8 helicopter made a hard landing in a deserted area. As a result of the hard landing, the crew died of their injuries,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
“According to preliminary information, the cause of the crash could be a technical malfunction,” it added.
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