Helicopter carrying 16 people comes down in Kuril Lake in a volcano crater in Kronotsky nature reserve, officials say.
A helicopter with 16 people on board has crashed in Kamchatka, in Russia's far east, the local government said in a statement.
The helicopter came down in a lake in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and rescuers and divers were dispatched to the scene, the statement said on Thursday.
The Emergencies Ministry said 13 tourists and three crew members were aboard the Mi-8 helicopter when it went down in the Kronotsky nature reserve, and eight people survived, according to the state RIA-Novosti news agency.
Search for missing going on
The Interfax news agency said the helicopter was carrying three crew members and 14 tourists when it went down in the deep fog.
It said seven people survived the crash, and the search for others was ongoing.
The Emergencies Ministry quoted the regional administration as saying the helicopter plunged into the Kuril Lake in a volcano crater and the reserve workers in boats were searching for other survivors.
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