URGENT: Russian Defense Ministry helicopter crashes in Chechnya

MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Defense ministry helicopter Mi-8 crashed Friday at 11.25 (local time) in Chechnya.The helicopter on route Khankala-Tuskhara was carrying cargo. There were three crewmembers and a passenger escorting the cargo on board the helicopter.There is no information about the people at the moment, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, the press secretary of the Russian Air Forces, told RIA Novosti.