Two British tourists have been killed alongside their Russian guide in a helicopter crash in northern Russia, according to reports.
The private Eurocopter crashed in the Murmansk region on the Kola Peninsula, according to Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry, the Associated Press reported.
The ministry said the helicopter banked on one side and crashed while attempting to take off.
It is understood the pair, who had travelled to the remote region for an organised river fishing expedition, and their Russian translator were killed by the whirling rotors of the helicopter as the aircraft landed on its side.
The Investigative Committee, which has opened a review of the accident, said the Britons were born in 1944. The Life News website described them as "VIP tourists".
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of reports of the deaths of two British nationals in Russia. We are in touch with the local authorities and stand ready to provide consular assistance."
Fishing expeditions to the salmon-rich rivers of the Far North are one of very few tourism attractions of Russia that bring in high-paying foreign tourists to regions beyond Moscow and St Petersburg.
"The foreign tourists were staying in a luxury camp for fishing," a security source told the Interfax news agency.
A distress signal had already been received from the Eurocopter-120 before it made the crash landing. The pilot survived but was injured.
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