“The Mi-8 helicopter caught in about 150 kilometers from Novy Urengoy and got caught; as a result, it fell, its tail fell off,” the source said.

It is noted that there were 20 passengers and three crew members aboard the helicopter. As a result of the incident, none of them was hurt, the source said.

In January, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, one person was injured during a hard landing of a private helicopter.