Russian Helicopter Crash

ANKARA — All five passengers on board a Russian firefighting helicopter that has crashed in Turkey have survived, the Turkish Agriculture Ministry said Monday.

The K-32 had been helping extinguish forest fires in a Turkish province of Antalia, a Turkish news agency reported.But a spokeswoman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said it was not a ministry aircraft.

Irina Andrianova said ministry helicopters had helped put out fires in Greece, “but not this year.” Sergei Alifanov, a representative of the Russian consulate in Antalia, said the mission was checking the information about any Russians who may have been on board the helicopter.

With its compact shape and a lift capacity of 11,000 pounds, Russian-made Kamov helicopters are widely used around the world in forest-logging and firefighting operations.

SOURCE: RIA Novosti