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Helicopter nosedives into bay, takes lives of crew and passengers

Aug 17, 2005
By Ksenia Repson

TALLINN - Twelve passengers and two crew members died on Aug. 10 when a commercial helicopter flying to Helsinki crashed in Tallinn Bay just minutes after taking off from the Estonian capital. Thirteen bodies were recovered by a team of 16 Finnish divers in the first two days after the crash, but an extensive search failed to recover the body of the second pilot.The passengers included six Finns, four Estonians and two U.S. citizens. The Estonian victims included Ruta Kruuda, 38, wife of entrep ...

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