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Climbers feared dead in Tajikistan helicopter crash Five die in Tajik mountains helicopter crash but 13 survive
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Thirteen climbers and three crew members are unaccounted for after a helicopter they were travelling in had a "hard landing" in the mountains of Tajikistan, officials say. Twelve mainly Russian climbers and a crew member have survived a helicopter crash in the mountains of Tajikistan.
The accident happened at 17:30 (11:30 GMT) on Sunday, Tajik officials said. But three Russian climbers and two Tajik pilots died in the accident in the Pamir Mountains in east Tajikistan.
Russian news agencies said the helicopter had taken the climbers from base camp on the Fortambek glacier in the Ismoili Somoni peak. The "hard landing" of the helicopter happened at 17:30 (11:30 GMT) on Sunday, Tajik officials said.
They said most of the climbers were thought to be Russians. Russian news agencies said the helicopter had taken the climbers from a nearby base camp on the Fortambek glacier on the Ismoili Somoni peak.
Of the 12 climbers to survive, two are Belarusian and Spanish and the remainder Russian. The surviving crew member was from Tajikistan.
The helicopter, a Russian-built Mi-8, crash-landed on the edge of the Fortambek glacier, approximately 300 km (186 miles) east of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.
At 7,495m (24,590ft), the Ismoili Somoni mountain is Tajikistan's highest and a major tourist attraction.At 7,495m (24,590ft), the Ismoili Somoni mountain is Tajikistan's highest and a major tourist attraction.
It was known as Communism Peak during the time Tajikistan was part of the Soviet Union and renamed after a 10th-Century Tajik national hero in 1998. It was known as Communism Peak when Tajikistan was part of the Soviet Union and renamed after a 10th-Century Tajik national hero in 1998.
It forms part of the Pamir mountain range, often described as the "roof of the world". The Pamir mountain range is often described as the "roof of the world".