VLADIVOSTOK, August 17 – RIA Novosti. The ship “Rodon” suited to the crash of the Mi-8 in the Khabarovsk region to pick up the passengers and crew who escaped the crash, told RIA Novosti, the representative of the Far Eastern Regional Emergency Center of Russia.
“Ship” Rodon “, published from the village Chumikan already suited to the location of survivors. It is planned that it will come to the island and take people. Helicopters sat in the area of 30-40 kilometers from the place of finding survivors, because of the low cloud and fog, they can not fly up close “- said the source.
The Mi-8 of airline “East” crashed on Saturday in the Khabarovsk Territory, on board were 13 passengers, including the management of JSC “VTB Leasing” (part of the VTB Group), as well as three crew members. According to recent reports, 11 people survived (crew members and eight passengers), the fate of the other five passengers is still unknown. The commander of the fallen helicopter communicating with emergency services via satellite.
On Sunday, three helicopters – one from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the two airlines from the “East” – flew to the accident site. As previously reported, the helicopters could not come close to the crash of the Mi-8 because of bad weather.
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