3 out of 13 survived in helicopter crash - S Kazakhstan
15:55, 8 September 2009
SHYMKENT. September 8. KAZINFORM /Tatyana Pylayeva/ Three people have survived in the helicopter of the Kazakh National Security Committee, which has crashed today in South Kazakhstan oblast. They were rescued and taken to Shymkent, Deputy Head of the Committee Department on South Kazakhstan oblast Karim Baltabayev said.
"Our air rescue helicopter brought three injured victims - all survived", K.Baltabayev said.
According to him, about 10 persons were in the helicopter. All of them burned, and the machine is beyond repair.