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. The businessman was killed in a helicopter crash 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.