"A helicopter crashed in Ulan-Ude. Four people on board of the aircraft were killed," a local police source was quoted by TASS as saying.
The police and rescuers have arrived at the scene in Ulan-Ude, the capital city of Russia's Republic of Buryatia.There are reports that the crash caused fire over the aircraft.
A helicopter crashed and caught fire on Sunday in the Eastern Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, the regional emergencies agency said.
"A helicopter has crashed in Ulan-Ude… At 10:38 a.m. the federal firefighting service in the Buryatia put out a burning helicopter," the statement read.
The emergencies authorities said that the cause of the incident was not known and was being investigated.
Two months ago Helicopter Robinson R44 with three people on board, headed from Zolotorechensk to the artel of Dzalay-Kaday in Siberia, disappeared with three people on board.
