MOSCOW, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A helicopter carrying 19 people crashed on Saturday in northwestern Russia, killing one and injuring 14 others onboard, Russian news agencies said.

    The Mi-8 helicopter was carrying 16 passengers and a crew of three when it went down in the town of Varandei in the Nenets autonomous district. One people died and the injured have been taken to hospitals for treatment.

    The Emergency Situations Ministry's northwestern regional center said all the passengers were relatives of people killed in a plane crash near Varandei a year ago and they were being flown there to attend ceremonies marking the anniversary of that crash.

    An An-24 passenger turboprop crashed approaching the Varandei airport on March 16, 2005, killing 28 people of the 52 onboard, most of them workers of a local oil company. Enditem