Helicopter crash in Kazakhstan kills 1

ASTANA (AA): At least one person was killed in a helicopter crash in Kazakhstan’s southeastern city of Almaty, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The Eurocopter 130 type helicopter — belonging to Sky Service private company — crashed at 4.05 p.m. local time (1105GMT), said Nursultan Nurahmetov, a ministry official.

He said the pilot succumbed to his wounds in the ambulance on way to the hospital.

No information was provided on the cause of the accident.