FOUR people have died in a deadly chopper crash in Russia.
The Mi-2 ambulance chopper, operated by one pilot and carrying a doctor and two paramedics, crashed in a forest some 400 miles outside of Moscow.
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APAll four people on board have died in the fatal crash[/caption]
Rescuers initially only found three bodies at the site of the crash, but later located the fourth, Russia’s Emergency Ministry said.
Authorities have not yet revealed the cause behind the fatal crash.
The Mi-2 is a small, Soviet-designed helicopter used for a variety of purposes.
It comes after a helicopter carrying tourists around a volcano in Russia crashed into a mountain killing all 22 people onboard.
Grim photos from the wreckage site showed the mangled Soviet-era Mi-8 chopper in Kamchatka with state media pointing to pilot error as the cause of the crash.
The helicopter had 19 passengers and three crew on board when it plunged out of the sky, Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov said on Telegram.
It had taken off from a base near tourist spot Vachkazhets volcano and was heading for the village of Nikolaevka.
Regional Emergencies Minister Sergey Lebedev confirmed that all 22 bodies had been recovered from the wreck, state news outlet Tass reports.
The outlet said emergency officials believe the crash was caused by pilot error, and that the chopper smashed into a mountain during low visibility.
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations also told Tass how pieces of the chopper were found some 900 metres up on the mountain.
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