A helicopter crash in northern Russia killed all six people aboard, an Emergencies Ministry spokesman said on Saturday regarding the latest in a series of fatal disasters to occur in Russia in recent days. Rescue teams found the remains of the helicopter, owned by a unit of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, on Friday, two days after it was reported missing.
"We have found all six people," ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said. "Yesterday we found two and today, the other four. We will only be able to evacuate the bodies when the weather improves." Russian news agencies said five crew members and one passenger were aboard the Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed into a hill at a height of 700-900 metres (2,300-2,950 feet) as it was conducted an environmental mission.