KAZAN, May 2 (RIA Novosti) - Three people were injured after a Mi-2 helicopter ambulance crashed on Saturday in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Tatarstan republic located on the Volga River, a local emergencies ministry's spokesman said.
"A Mi-2 helicopter crashed at 11:45 Moscow time [07:45 GMT] several minutes after it took off," the spokesman said adding that the helicopter was carrying two pilots and a doctor.
He said that all those on board had been hospitalized with various injuries.
He said that the helicopter had burst into flames shortly after crashing onto wasteland on the outskirts of Kazan, adding that an air accident investigation had been launched to establish the cause of the crash.
