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A Mi-8 helicopter has disappeared from radar in Russia.

Axar.az informs that TASS reported the incident.

It was stated that there were 5 people on board the Mi-8 helicopter that went missing in the Far East.

The Mi-8 helicopter, belonging to the “Vzlet” aviation company, disappeared from radar while flying from the city of Okhotsk to Magadan.

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The Mi-8 helicopter made an unplanned landing 26 km from Lensk in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), and no one was injured in the incident.

This was reported by the Eastern Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office.

“According to preliminary information, today at 16:00, the Mi-8 helicopter made an unplanned landing 26 kilometers from the city of Lensk. No injuries were reported,” the statement said.