Rotorcraft
Mi-8 Collides With Mi-26 Sling Load: 18 Dead
The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) and Rosaviatsiya have collected the flight recorders and are analyzing the data.

The investigation continues into Saturday's fatal crash of a 2010 Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by UTAir that killed all 18 aboard shortly after takeoff in Siberia. Eyewitness accounts indicate the helicopter collided with an external sling load of a larger UTAir Mi-26 helicopter at around 300 feet agl while climbing out from a helipad in Vankor, 1,600 miles northeast of Moscow.