A Ukrainian helicopter has crashed onto an offshore drilling platform in the Black Sea, killing all 20 people on board.
19 people were killed on impact and one died later from his injuries. No one on the platform was injured.
The platform, on the west coast off the Crimea, is operated by state energy firm Naftogaz, which also owned the helicopter.
’An Mi-8 helicopter with 20 people on board clipped the Tavrida platform with its tail rotor,’ Naftogaz spokesman Ilya Savin confirmed.
Transport and communications minister Yosip Vinsky said the cause of the accident was still being investigated, adding ‘Judging by the logic of the initial information, most likely there was a human factor’.
An Mi-8 belonging to Ukraine's border guards crashed a month ago off an island in the Black Sea, killing 12 people.
