Far East of the country
8 people are missing after a tourist helicopter with 16 people on board crashed in Russia's far east.
It came down into a lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
It's understood eight people have been found alive, two of which are seriously injured.
A helicopter carrying tourists has crashed into a volcanic lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east. Authorities say several people survived the crash, but up to eight remain missing. The tourists' nationalities were not immediately known. https://t.co/yrkOAalYM3
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