Mountain Winds Possible Factor in Russian Mi-8 Crash

Credit: REUTERS
Following a three-day search hampered by poor weather and mountainous terrain, a team of about 250 rescuers last week located the crash site of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter that disappeared Aug.20 near the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific coast. Investigators immediately set to work to find the...

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