A helicopter crashed in Russia’s Siberia on Thursday, killing six of these on board and injuring seven, Russian emergency officers reported.

The Mi-8 helicopter within the Altai Republic in southern Siberia caught hearth because it was touchdown and brushed in opposition to an influence line, the Altai department of Russia’s Emergency Ministry stated. It put out an announcement on-line that carried a photograph of the chopper’s wreckage on hearth.

Russia’s state information company RIA Novosti reported, citing the nation’s civilian aviation regulator Rosaviatsia, that the helicopter belonged to a non-public firm and was carrying a gaggle of vacationers.

The whole variety of folks on board is unclear.

In line with RIA Novosti, a complete of 12 passengers and three crew members had been on board, however the Emergency Ministry put the whole quantity on board at 13.

The conflicting studies couldn’t be instantly reconciled.

The Mi-8 is a two-engine helicopter designed within the Nineteen Sixties. It has been used broadly in Russia, the place the crashes have been frequent, in neighboring nations and in lots of different nations.