OSCOW, November 20 Five people were killed because of helicopter's crash "Eurocopter" in Nizhny Novgorod region, Emergency Situations Ministry said today. "According to preliminary facts, today at 17.05 Helicopter crashed with five passengers in Nizhny Novgorod region near the village Mihalchikovo. All passengers, among whom was the eight-year-girl, perished. - it was said in a statement. According to information from the source to the regional head office of the Emergencies Ministry, among the dead, there was the family - father, mother and son about 16 years.
At the scene, investigators and criminologists checked the reasons for this tradegy. Now they have to investigate the circumstances of the incident. One of the main causes of the crash of the helicopter in the Nizhny Novgorod region, according to preliminary facts , have become the bad weather conditions, specialists told.