Alwaght- At least 18 people have died after A Mi-8 helicopter with passengers on board crashed in the Russia's Krasnoyarsk region on Saturday.
The , carrying 15 passengers and three crew members, went down at 10:20 local time (03:20 GMT) near the town of Igarka, Sputnik news agency reported.
The helicopter was reportedly taking workers to an oil well.
The crash took place shortly after take-off when the helicopter’s fuel tanks were full but the cause of the incident was not immediately known.
According to sources within law enforcement and emergency services cited by Russian media, before the crash, the helicopter’s propeller blades struck the outside cargo carried by another helicopter. The cargo helicopter was forced to ditch its load mid-air, but was otherwise unaffected.
