29 Oct 2013 19:49

Down helicopter was piloted by experienced crew - source

MOSCOW. Oct 29 (Interfax) - The Kamov Ka-52 helicopter that crashed in the residential district of Zhulebino in Moscow on Tuesday was piloted by an experienced crew - Yury Timofeyev and Vladimir Yurtayev, a law enforcement source told Interfax.

"Yury Timofeyev, 59, and Vladimir Yurtayev, 57, are very experienced helicopter pilots," he said.

Both sustained bone fractures and are in intensive care. They are in serious condition, he said.