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Defense Ministry Grounds Mi-8 Helicopters after Deadly Crash
continues at http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130529/18139 ... Crash.htmlMOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) -
The Russian Defense Ministry has grounded its Mi-8 helicopters after one of them crashed in the Volga area at noon on Tuesday.
A Mi-8T helicopter, owned by the Syzran branch of the Gagarin Air Force Academy’s training center,
crashed while performing a scheduled training flight near the village of Ivanovskoye in the Saratov Region.
The aircraft’s pilot in command and his trainee used parachutes to evacuate before the helicopter crashed.
They received minor injuries and are now under medical supervision.
Their condition is not life-threatening. The third crew member - a flight engineer - was unable to leave the cockpit and died.