Russian Mi-8 helicopter makes emergency landing on highway, cutting high-voltage power line

Emergency landing of the Russian Mi-8 helicopter on the highway.

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter has made an emergency landing in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the M3 highway, causing damage to a high-voltage power line.

The helicopter’s emergency landing occurred near the settlement of Sevsk in Bryansk Oblast. Early reports indicate that no one was injured.

Bryansk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz announced that four districts – Sevsky, Suzemsky, Brasovsky and Komarichsky – had been left without electricity as a result of the incident. Power engineers are working to repair the damage.