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MOSCOW – Three pilots and one technician instructor were killed in the crash following the Mi-8 helicopter's forced landing, according to the report of the search and rescue team that arrived at the scene, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

“The commission of the Russian Aerospace Forces High Command and the flight safety service of the Russian Armed Forces is about to fly to the scene of the helicopter crash in order to investigate into the circumstances of the crash,” the ministry’s press service said.