Karachay-Cherkessia helicopter crash due to engine problems

Experts of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) found that the MI-8
helicopter which crashed last week in Karachay-Cherkessia had problems
with its engines during the landing. At the moment the Committee is
analyzing the records from the copter's black boxes, RIA Novosti
reports.

Last Monday, a MI-8 helicopter carrying 13 people crashed when landing
on a runway. Five people were hospitalized, including the president
and deputy plenipotentiary envoy to the North Caucasus Federal
District, Maxim Bystrov.

Earlier, the management of the Panh company which provides the
helicopter, said that suggested that the helicopter was hit in the
downdraft.