This was reported by the press service of the North-West Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
It is noted that at 21:25 Moscow time, information was received about a helicopter crash near the island of Mudyug, Arkhangelsk region.
The helicopter took off from Vaskovo airport.
“As a result of the incident, one person was killed, two were injured, and one was missing,” the message says.
Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Art.
263 of the Criminal Code of Russia (Violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of air transport, resulting in the death of a person).
Earlier in Tatarstan, two people died as a result of a hard landing of a light aircraft.