Helicopter goes missing in Russia’s Far East with 22 people believed onboard

Rescuers are searching for a helicopt﷽er that went missing in Russia’s Far East on Saturday with 22 people on board.

The Mi-8 helicopter took off close to the Vachkazhets volc🉐ano in the Kamchatka region, but did not arrive at its destination as scheduled, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in a 💝statement.

It said it believed that 🅷19 passengers and three crew members were on board.

🌃The Mi-8 is a two-engine helicopt𒁃er designed in the 1960s.

It is widely used in⛄ Russia, where crashes have been frequent, as well as in neighboring countries and many ꩲother nations.