Helicopter crashed killing all four occupants shortly after take off from Lensk Airport.  Operator UTair named the victims as  pilot Gordeychuk Vasily, mechanic Druzenko Ivan and passengers Verezhak Yaroslav and Arthur Popov.  Unclear how relevant this is, but UTair have also stopped using Lensk for refuelling as a result of the accident.

Date:

4 July, 2012

Reg:

RA-04097

Make:

Eurocopter

Model:

AS350

MSN:

3957

Location:

4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from Lensk Airport, Yakutia region

Country:

Russia

Civil / Military:

Civil

Fatalities:

4

Operator:

UTair

Link:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utair.ru%2Fnews%2F5086747.html

Link:

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120704/174401579.html