A Mi-2 helicopter crash-landed in the Krasnodar Region in southern Russia, killing a pilot, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported on Saturday, TASS reports.

"As a result of the helicopter’s crash-landing in the area of the 52nd kilometer of the Krasnodar-Novorossiysk highway, a man born in 1960 died. The emergency services are on the scene," the ministry’s press office said.

The helicopter crash-landed near the community of Ilsky during field irrigation works, it added.

The helicopter’s crash-landing in the Seversky district of the Krasnodar Region caused no damage on the ground. The helicopter crash-landed in the field, Chief of the District’s Civil Defense and Emergencies Department Alexei Vasilyev said.

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