In the Orel region, a Mi-8 military helicopter crashed, two people were killed-Roszmi

To spread: the Mi-8 helicopter crashed during a planned flight near the village of Naryshkino, Urytskyi district, Orlovsk region, about 2:00 pm. Two people were killed in the accident - a pilot and Bortmechanic. About it reports Telegram-channel Mash. Mi-8 flew towards the Smolensk region, at the basing airfield in the Vymian district. According to eyewitnesses, the helicopter smoke during the fall, and before the fall, it launched 180 degrees.

The Mi-8 fell into the territory of the abandoned chemical enterprise on the outskirts of the village of Narishkine. Immediately after the fall of the aircraft, a fire broke out and a series of explosions was heard. Local Telegram channels with reference to the governor of the Orlovsk region Andriy Klitschkov state that there is no threat to the residents of the settlement. Currently, the Ministry of Emergencies and law enforcement agencies are carrying out operational actions.

The preliminary cause of the Mi-8 disaster in the Orel region TASS with reference to the press service of the Moscow Military District calls a technical malfunction. According to Alexander Kovalenko's military-political observer, the Mi-8 helicopter could be a military machine with a ammunition on board. According to him, the nature of the explosions after falling indicates the presence of ammunition. "Judging by the secondary detonation, the helicopter was on board the ammunition.