Crashed on frozen lake, injuring all four occupants - including the CEO of Bank St Petersburg Alexander Saveliev and his companion Olga Lazareva. Pilot elected to make emergency landing on encountering a sudden blizzard but the landing was too hard and the helicopter broke up on impact. see also statement on Bank St Petersburg website
- Date
- April 6, 2012
- Reg
- RA-01980
- Make
- AgustaWestland
- MSN
- 14776
- Location
- Lake Yanisyarvi, 50 km off Sortavala, a town in the Republic of Karelia
- Country
- Russia
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Operator
- Baltic-Airlines
- Link 1
- http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-04/06/c_131511741.htm
- Link 2
- http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/chopper-crashes-on-icy-lake-in-karelia/456301.html
- Link 3
- http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Flifenews.ru%2Fnews%2F87991
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