Helicopter of RA Defense Ministry with Minister of Energy on board force-landed near Sisyan town
Helicopter of RA Defense Ministry with Minister of Energy Armen Movsisyan on board force-landed near Sisyan town.
A MI-8 helicopter, which was making a planned tour from Yerevan to Sisyan, got into an air-pocket and fell on its side, Spokesman for the RA Defense Ministry colonel Seyran Shasuvaryan told the PanARMENIAN.Net.
Meanwhile, IA Regnum reports that according to some unconfirmed information the Energy Minister escaped with minor injuries, Deputy Energy Minister and the pilot of the helicopter also received minor injures and were taken to hospital. Details and reasons of the accident are under investigation. The Ministry of Energy does not posses any information about the crush, IA Regnum reports.