A helicopter crashed Thursday several minutes after taking off from Igarka Airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai (region), Russia.

According to preliminary information, the chopper’s crew comprised two pilots and one aircraft mechanic with considerable flight experience, and all of them died in the crash. 

First pilot of the helicopter was Aleksandr Monakhov, 54.

Second pilot of the chopper was Armenian, Levon Tananyan,  53, reported LifeNews, which is a Russian news website and TV.

And the aircraft mechanic was Radik Valeev, 54.