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| 17 bodies found at Mi-8T helicopter crash site in Kamchatka |
| 2024-09-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Seventeen bodies were found at the site of the Mi-8T helicopter crash in Kamchatka, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. It is noted that the Ministry of Emergency Situations rescuers arrived at the site of the aircraft crash. "There are nine rescuers from the search and rescue team of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kamchatka Territory at the scene. 17 bodies have already been found, the search continues," the department's Telegram channel says. As reported by the Regnum news agency, there were 22 people on board the missing Mi-8T: 19 passengers and three crew members. Among the passengers were the financial director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Arseniy Zamyatin and his wife. The day before, a helicopter of the Vityaz-Aero airline took off from the Vachkazhets volcano area to the village of Nikolaevka near Elizovo. Shortly after takeoff, at 16:15 local time (07:15 Moscow time), contact with the pilots was lost. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of the air incident. It was noted that the helicopter could have crashed due to pilot error in foggy weather. More from regnum.ru Possible cause of MI-8T crash in Kamchatka named The Mi-8T helicopter could have crashed in Kamchatka due to a pilot error in foggy weather, Interfax reports, citing a source in the disaster response headquarters. "The priority version is considered to be a piloting error in difficult weather conditions. In the fog, the pilot could not notice the hill and hit its slope," the source said. Earlier, the wreckage of the Mi-8T helicopter that went missing the day before was found in Kamchatka. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the wreckage is at an altitude of 900 meters near the place where the crew last contacted each other. The emergency services reported that the Mi-8T helicopter had crashed into a hill. The presumed cause of the crash was an error by the aircraft crew. As reported by the Regnum news agency, there were 22 people on board the missing Mi-8T : 19 passengers and three crew members. Among the passengers were the financial director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Arseniy Zamyatin and his wife. The day before, a helicopter of the Vityaz-Aero airline took off from the Vachkazhets volcano area to the village of Nikolaevka near Elizovo. Shortly after takeoff, at 16:15 local time (07:15 Moscow time), contact with the pilots was lost. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of the air incident. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Helicopter Crash Near Volcano in Russia’s Far East Kills at Least 17 Pumice is bad for air breathers. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-02 09:51 |
| #3 Not enough tall buildings in Kamchatka. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-02 09:31 |
| #2 financial director of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Prediction: Arseniy will leaves everything to Vlad. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-09-02 08:47 |
| #1 "had crashed into a hill" One of those clouds had dirt in it. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-09-02 08:46 |