ALMATY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - A Soviet-designed helicopter crashed in southern Kazakhstan on Thursday, killing five of the passengers, state media reported.

Thirteen other people including the governor of the southern Kyzyl-Orda region and several journalists were injured in the crash, the official Kazinform news agency reported.

It said the helicopter belonged to the Kazakh emergencies ministry and was surveying areas affected by severe floods at the time of the crash. (Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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