World Loss: 12 May - 25 May, 2009

Late reports

10.5, crash, fatalities

Russia: The governor of the Siberian region of Irkutsk was killed in a helicopter crash. The wreckage of the US-made Bell helicopter in which Igor Yesipovsky was travelling was found around 55 miles away from the regional capital, Irkutsk. Four other people were killed in the air disaster. No information about the causes of the accident was available. Some local residents reported seeing the helicopter explode in the air. According to some other reports, the crash happened because of bad weather.