A file photo of Mi-28 attack helicopter published on the website of Russian Helicopters.
Rescuers found the crashed chopper with the bodies of the two pilots near the Korenovsk airfield in the Krasnodar region.
MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Both pilots were killed as a Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed on Wednesday night in south Russia's Krasnodar region, the Russian Investigative Committee's Chief Military Department said Thursday.
The military helicopter was carrying out a training flight in the dark and in difficult weather conditions when it disappeared from radar screens, the department said in a statement.
Rescuers found the crashed chopper with the bodies of the two pilots near the Korenovsk airfield in the Krasnodar region.
A criminal case on the violation of flight rules has been opened and military investigators are establishing all the circumstances of the incident, the statement said. ■
