MOSCOW, July 19 (UPI) -- At least one person has been killed in the crash-landing of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter about 56 miles from Yekaterinburg, local officials said Tuesday.
The chopper had four people on board but it was not immediately known how many survived, the official Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.
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Nine rescue workers were sent to the crash site.
It was the third reported crash landing of an Mi-8 helicopter in a week.
No casualties were reported in the earlier incidents. One crash was attributed to engine failure.