Russian Mi-8 helicopter catches fire after crashing during training flight

"Forces and means of the Southern Urals emergency services were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they found a Mi-8 helicopter burning in a forest," the regional office of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement, according to TASS news agency.

The fire was extinguished and the bodies of three people were found, with no casualties on the ground, the announcement said.

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter

Earlier, a spokesman for the Russian aviation agency said that there were four people on board the Mi-8 and that they had died. The spokesman also said that the incident occurred when the helicopter was on a training flight.

Also according to TASS, earlier reports said that a Mi-8 belonging to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) crashed in a forest near the settlement of Prudny and all those on board were killed.

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Chelyabinsk Governor Aleksei Teksler also wrote on social media that the Mi-8 helicopter belonged to the FSB and the helicopter crash did not cause any casualties on the ground, according to AFP.

Last month, TASS reported that four people died when an Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia's Altai Republic.

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