Helicopter crash kills 18

EIGHTEEN people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia.

The passengers, workers heading to their shift at an oilpumping station, and three crew members died when the Russian-made Mi-8 aircraft knocked into the cargo of an adjacent helicopter as both were completing takeoff, aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Saturday.

The incident occurred in the Vankor Field area in eastern Siberia.

The other helicopter landed safely after the incident.