A RUSSIAN billionaire has died in a mysterious helicopter crash near Monaco after a passenger cancelled last minute.
Businessman Vyacheslav Taran, 53, was killed in the crash after taking off from Lausanne, Switzerland.
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A 35-year-old French pilot was also killed in the accident that happened in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the southeast of France.
There was supposed to be another passenger onboard but mysteriously canceled last minute, local media reported.