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2022-11-30 Europe
Russian billionaire 'with spy links' dies in mystery helicopter crash near sunny Monaco
[THESUN.CO.UK] A RUSSIAN billionaire who was said to have links to Moscow’s foreign intelligence died in a mysterious helicopter crash after a passenger cancelled at the last minute.

Businessman Vyacheslav Taran, 53, was killed in the crash near the village of Eze, after taking off from Lausanne, Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
A 35-year-old French pilot was also killed in the accident that happened in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the southeast of La Belle France.

There was supposed to be another passenger onboard but they mysteriously cancelled at the last minute.

The accident happened around 1 pm on November 25, Monaco Daily News reported, when the single-engine light helicopter Eurocopter EC130 (H130) operated by Monacair crashed near Monaco.

The Deputy Public Prosecutor of Nice visited the scene of the accident and said the fault of a third party could not be ruled out.
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