Ship “Polarsyssel” at Barentsburg, Svalbard, September 28, 2016. AFP/NTB Scanpix/Jan-Morten Bjoernbakk/Files OSLO/MOSCOW: Norwegian rescuers searched in vain on Thursday for a Russian helicopter missing at sea with eight people aboard off the coast of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.“We have two helicopters and several small boats searching the area,” Tore Hongset — the leader of the rescue coordination centre — told Reuters.Snow and big waves hampered the search after nightfall.Russia’s emergency ministry said the five crew and three passengers were Russians. The Russian-made Mil Mi-8 aircraft had been reported missing around 1335 GMT.“So far no finds have been made,” the …read more
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