The investigation has opened a criminal investigation into the crash of the Mi-8 in the Khabarovsk Territory. This was reported by the senior assistant to the head of the Far Eastern Investigation Department of Transport TFR Oksana Polshakova.
– A criminal case under Art. 263 of the Criminal Code “Violation of safety rules and operation of air transport,” – said Polshakova.
She said that in a helicopter crash 11 people were saved, five are still missing.
Mi-8, which was carrying 13 passengers and three crew members, departed from the village of Polina Osipenko and was due to land in the Lake Ongachan Tuguro-Chumikansky municipal district. At the set time, the board has not made contact. Soon the crew commander
Mi-8 made contact with the airline and reported that the helicopter fell into the
The Sea of Okhotsk near Shantar Islands. Of the 16 people who were
on board, 11 survived, they got to the shore on their own. Helicopter
According to the commander of the crew, sank. The fate of five people do
unknown.
To investigate the disaster also launched Commission
Interstate Aviation Committee. “Interstate
Aviation Committee has formed a commission to investigate this
accident. The Commission has started to work, “- said
the agency.
According to the press service of the Investigation Department of the Far East
RF IC transport, investigators seize documents from the airline
He collapsed on the Far East Mi-8 helicopter and take samples of fuel
at the airport of Khabarovsk.
On board crashed in the Khabarovsk region of the Mi-8 were three top managers of JSC “VTB-Leasing” – CEO Andrew Konoplev, his deputies, Anatoly Fomenko Nadezhda Voronetsky, as well as the director of the security company Stanislav Khachaturian.
The search operation in the area of the fall of the helicopter carried two and four naval aircraft. The search for the missing complicates fog.
– To carry out the search of the missing helicopter involved two helicopters Mi-8 of airline “East”, the aircraft AN-26 Regional search and rescue base with rescuers on board aircraft An-74 Khabarovsk aviation rescue Emergency Center of Russia, as well as naval vessels in the area. Complicate the work of aviation adverse weather conditions (fog, gusty wind) – According to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry DVRTS.
With improved weather conditions in Khabarovsk is scheduled helicopter flight from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry rescuers and divers.
Most likely drive top-managers of “VTB-Leasing” was a tourist. Together with businessmen on the island Shantarsky flying tours organizers extreme relaxation in these parts – Igor Olkhovskiy and Maxim Zotov. Their findings are consistent with the contact details on the website of the company “Fishing expeditions” (formerly “Far Eastern travel club”). This company organizes tours to the island Shantarsky.
«There is on the globe a unique beauty of the place. There are swimming among icebergs whales chasing prey on seals, killer whales, bears roam along the shores, the mountains cascading waterfalls, towering cliffs bizarre castles made of marble and jasper, rivers teeming with fish from, and is vociferous tweet. This half-real, poluskazochnoe place is situated in the western part of the Sea of Okhotsk and called Shantar archipelago … In recent years, the islands whale population is recovering and in some bays can be seen on the top ten, and the whales swim close to the shore. It is often possible to see orcas, bypassing their possessions, “- said in a presentation tour online” fishing expeditions. ”
The average price of the tour 1-1.2 million. But the cost of VIP-tour considerably more expensive.
«Alternative« VIP ». For those who appreciates the time of comfort. The meeting, held in the VIP-hall, zabroska helicopter from Khabarovsk to Shantaram and back. You can rent a helicopter to stay on Shantaram, combined with fishing in other rivers, etc. “, – said on its website.
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