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At least three people were injured after a Russian Mi-8 helicopter made a hard landing in Siberia on Wednesday, local media said. 

"Two passengers and the pilot suffered injuries," a representative of the region's emergency services was quoted by Russia's Sputnik news agency as saying. 

The incident happened shortly after the Mi-8 took off, in Russia's central Krasnoyarsk Territory. 

Local media reported that there were 29 people on the helicopter. 

The cause of the incident is under investigation.