According to preliminary information, the vehicle could hook on the electric line or touch the telly with a tail. As a result of the accident, the helicopter caught fire, eyewitnesses called a fire brigade and rescuers. All the passengers who were on board the helicopter were killed, the number of victims and the identity of those killed so far are unknown. The place of the accident was surrounded by law enforcers. Three fire units and 35 service personnel work at the scene.

Recently in Canada also a passenger helicopter got into an accident, all people died. The crew carried out planned technical works on the hydro-provisional lines and hydroelectric power stations on the territory of the municipality of Tweed. At the time of the accident, a pilot and three crew members were on board the helicopter.

As reported in "URA-Inform", recently in Syria crashed Russian helicopter Mi-24.