MOSCOW – Russian military helicopter has crashed during a training nightflight over the Baltic Sea, killing two pilots, the Russian army said onFriday.
The accident happened close to the Russian region of Kaliningrad,sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, at 23:30 Moscow time (20:30 GMT)on Thursday night, the Russian Baltic Fleet said in a statement quoted bythe Interfax news agency.
“The crew of the Ka-29 helicopter, consisting of two pilots, was killed,”the statement said.
A search operation has been launched to recover the bodies.
The crash comes after a Mi-8 helicopter crashed in a city in far easternRussia on Wednesday, killing six people.
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It was operated by the local Vostok airline. AFP/APP