MOSCOW, July 05. /ITAR-TASS/. A light Robinson helicopter crashed in Tatarstan on Saturday, July 5, the pilot received serious injuries.

At 15:00, the helicopter owned by the company AK BARS AERO and flying from Bugulma to Kazan crashed in the Novosheshminsk District in the central part of the republic, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

An initial inquiry has begun. “According to preliminary information, the pilot was hospitalised in critical condition”, the Committee said.