The three persons who were aboard a Robinson helicopter, which disappeared near Bely island in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area on Monday are dead, the press service of the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense told TASS.

"The Robinson helicopter had to crash-land and the people aboard died," a spokesman said.

Human bodies and the debris of the helicopter were found by rescuers in the vicinity of the Bely island. They got there on two Buran snowmobiles after a weather monitoring station had picked a signal from the helicopter's gauge.

Three rescue workers were dispatched to the site and found the fragments of the helicopter and the dead people there.

Source: MENA