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The An-2 cargo aircraft disappeared in Kamchatka was found after three days. In the region of th …

The An-2 cargo aircraft disappeared in Kamchatka was found after three days. In the area of ​​Mount Tundrovka. Two crew members and one passenger survived – all these days they were saved on board the light -engine. Especially for those who overslept everything:
– The plane disappeared on December 19 at about 4:30 in the morning Moscow time. He flew along the route Milkovo – Osor. He transported 800 kilograms of cargo.
-Due to icing, the airplane began to decline. When he fell, he rolled over.
-There were two pilots on board (68-year-old KVS Andrei Gordeev and 71-year-old Nikolai Shcheglov), as well as 25-year-old passenger Andrei Mitasov.
– All these days, rescuers combed the terrain. The Mi-8 helicopter was sent to help. He flew out of Elizovo.
– The operation of salvation in the snow desert lasted almost three days. The nearest settlement was 160 kilometers from the crash site.
-Today, about five in the morning in Moscow, An-2 saw: there were pilots and passenger inside. Everyone survived. On board was a small supply of food and fuel. People drowned snow for several days to drink, and heated, tearing the hole in the snow. One of the survivors said that they were lucky and that the army taught to survive in extreme places.
-The pilots heard signals that they were looking for them, but because of bad weather they could not answer. So they were found by rescuers of the Kamchatka RPSB of the Federal Air Transport Agency and taken to the hospital with hypothermia. One pilot will conduct an operation, it has a closed traumatic brain injury. The second has a bruise of the chest.
– A criminal case has been instituted under the article “Violation of the rules of traffic safety and the operation of air transport.” The crew was evacuated.
-An-2 belongs to a private company, on the flight they transported products and spare parts for 800 kg for gold miners. On the day of the loss of the aircraft, he worked for the emergency radio beacon “Cospas-Sarsat”. An-2 could not find for a long time due to weather conditions.
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