In Altai, a private helicopter fell into the lake. Main

On board was the former deputy prime minister of the republic Anatoly Banny, who saved in a plane crash eight years ago

On February 12, in the Republic of Altai, a private helicopter Robinson R66 disappeared near the Taurus Lake, on board of which there were five people. Among the passengers was the former Deputy Prime Minister of the region Anatoly Bannia, who had already entered the plane crash-in 2009 he was on board the helicopter, which broke up during the hunt of officials for archars.

A private helicopter fell into a television lake on the evening of February 12. The helicopter refuel at the Koksha cordon on the shores of Lake Taurus and continued the way towards the reservoir, which is considered one of the most popular tourist facilities in Mountain Altai. The flight was unauthorized: as Altapress writes , flights over the lake are prohibited in the dark. According to an eyewitness, an employee of the Altai Reserve Sergey Usik, a helicopter fell into the water from a height of about 200 meters, when he was about a kilometer from the shore. An eyewitness claims that the helicopter has fallen with a “almost corkscrew”; During the plane crash, a strong side wind blew.

There were five people on board the helicopter, they rested at a local camp site. This is the pilot Dmitry Rakitsky, his wife Elena, General Director of Heliport Moscow Helicopter Maria Kozintseva, Beisjamper Gleb Zhervodin and Altai Entrepreneur and former deputy prime minister of Altai Republic Anatoly Banny. Initially, it was reported that the children of the bathhouse could be on board the helicopter, but this information was not confirmed. The passengers of the helicopter could not know each other - they, as Altapress writes , lived in different cottages at the recreation center and entered at different times. Why did they fly to the Lake Taurus in the dark, it is unknown.

The body of one passenger was found. On the afternoon of February 13, Elena Rakitskaya was nailed to the shore. The search for the remaining four people continues and the underwater apparatus will be involved in the framework of the operation. In total, 160 people and 12 units of equipment were sent to the search operation, including helicopters.

Anatoly Banny was a member of the hunting for archars from a helicopter eight years ago. On January 9, 2009, the Mi-171 helicopter crashed. Of the 11 passengers and crew members, seven were killed, including the envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in the State Duma, Alexander Koskopkin. Among the four survivors was Anatoly Bath, then-the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Altai. In the area of ​​the crash, three shot archars were found - mountain rams entered in the Red Book; Banny later confirmed that two people from among the passengers of the helicopter shot at rare animals.

After the 2009 plane crash, Banny quit the civil service. On the fact of illegal hunting, the case was instituted, at first the court issued an acquittal, and then at the revision stage it was closed behind the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Pavel Borisov