A helicopter with 16 people on board, including 13 tourists, crashed in Kamchatka in Russia's far east on Thursday, the local government said in a statement.
The helicopter came down in Lake Kuril in the Kronotsky nature reserve, the statement said.
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According to preliminary information, "there were three crew members and 13 passengers on board", all tourists, it added.
Rescuers and divers were dispatched to the scene.
According to a local health ministry source, nine people were rescued.
"Nine people have been found, they are all alive," the source told Interfax news agency, adding that the search operation was continuing.
