The cause of the Mi-8 helicopter disaster in Kamchatka has been established

Experts established a complete picture of the Mi-8 helicopter disaster in Kamchatka , an Interfax told on Wednesday a source close to the investigation of this aircraft industry. According to the source, "the root causes of this catastrophe lies in the system of organizing air transportation - they are exactly the same as those that led to the helicopter disaster with Alexander Lebed in April 2002."

According to the source, the helicopter deviated from the approved flight route by almost 40 km at the request of the customer of this flight, which "wanted the leadership of the Sakhalin Region to get acquainted with some objects located away from the approved flight route." In internal negotiations, the crew appears, in particular, the words - "fly to the source."

The recording of the crew’s internal negotiations recorded on the speech on -board self -writer indicates that “the crew did not want to deviate from the pre -intended course, but was forced to do this, fearing his dismissal from work for the failure to comply with the order of the customer of this flight,” the source noted. At the same time, he refused to specify who was the customer of the flight.

"The crew was well aware of the danger of a deviation from the route - it was a flight at chance. It is also evident that the crew was very worried," the source said. According to him, the last word recorded on the film was "was an exclamation."

The source, referring to the data of the on -board recorders, also described directly the picture of the disaster itself.

"The helicopter has decreased to super -low, unacceptable meteled weather conditions - tens of meters - in search of the desired area. When the pilot at a height of 13 meters unexpectedly saw the approaching earth, he pulled the handle up to himself sharply, which instantly threw up the helicopter up to 70 meters. The super -cut up of the helicopter ledge led to a strong output downward. The blades, which in turn chopped off the tail of the helicopter, and it collapsed down, ”the source said.

According to him, the clearance between the upper and lower surfaces of the helicopter cabin, when the wreckage was found, was only 30 cm, which indicates a strong blow to the ground. “Experts have no complaints about the work of equipment,” he added.

The Mi-8 helicopter catastrophe, on the board of which was the Governor of the Sakhalin Region Igor Farkhutdinov and other heads of the region, occurred on August 20 in Kamchatka . All 20 people on board the helicopter died.