the Mi-8 Helicopter that crashed on the Yamal Peninsula on October 21, flying with minimum fuel in the tanks. It follows from the published report of the Interstate aviation Committee (IAC).
According to the organization, after almost a half hour after takeoff, the control system of the aircraft recorded the signal “Minimum fuel”. Four minutes after that a helicopter pilot reduced the altitude and speed of flight, and continued flying with the “multiple intensive changes in height, speed and course.”
Experts of the Committee noted that the engines of the helicopter was working before impact with the ground. He could not refuel because of the weather conditions.
the Helicopter Mi-8 of airline “Skol” fell on the evening of 21 October in the settlement of Stary Urengoi. On Board were 22 people — 20 Russians and two citizens of Kazakhstan. Among the passengers were shift workers of Rosneft, who worked at Suzunskoye field. The crash killed 19 people.
As reported by “Interfax” close to the investigation source, the route of the helicopter was registered in bad weather, “the weather was in some areas, in fact, non-flying”. The interviewee noted that the decision to accept the flight commander. “To ascertain how this decision was justified and could it even in theory, to lead to disaster,” — said the source.
He also said that bad weather could be only a contributing factor. “Most likely, there were some technical failure, which was aggravated by adverse weather conditions. Final causes can be set only after decoding of airborne recorders” — he said, stressing that while talk about the direct fault of the commander is not.
Investigators brought a criminal case under part 3 St. 263 criminal code (violation of safety rules of movement and operation of air transport, entailed on imprudence death of two and more persons). As the main versions of wreck of Mi-8 on Yamal TFR considers the violation of safety rules of flight equipment failure and adverse weather conditions.
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