“According to preliminary information, an aircraft of the Yamal airline Mi-8MTV made an emergency landing at the airport of the Krasnoselkup settlement of the YaNAO, according to preliminary information, due to the failure of the right engine,” RIA Novosti quotes a message from the Ural Transport Prosecutor’s Office.
On board the vehicle were three crew members and five passengers, none of them were injured during landing.
The helicopter was also not damaged.
The Novy Urengoy Transport Prosecutor's Office organized an audit of the implementation of the legislation on flight safety.
On February 14, a Mi-8 passenger helicopter carrying, according to preliminary information, 18 people were on board, made an emergency landing in Yamal.
According to Interfax, citing a source, the helicopter landed on a snow-covered field in the Tazovsky district, 100 km from the nearest settlement.