Sharjah 24 – WAM: Rescuers on Sunday said they found 17 bodies after a helicopter with 22 people on board crashed in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East, the Moscow Times reported.
The helicopter went missing shortly after take-off Saturday, carrying 19 tourists and 3 crew members, according to authorities in Kamchatka.
Aerial footage released by Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry showed helicopter debris lying on a slope near the top of a large, wooded hill.