In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Mi-8 touched the load of another helicopter with blades and crashed. 18 people died. Main

In the north-west of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Mi-8 helicopter crashed on August 4. On board there were 18 people, including three crew members. All of them died. The crash occurred in the area of ​​the Vankor oil station Rosneft, 180 kilometers from the city of Igar.

The Helicopter Helicopter Helicopter Helicopter Helicopter Service transported non-wiper workers to the field. According to the Interfax source in the operational headquarters, "it was a regular regular flight for the delivery of non-workers to the field." According to Rosneft, among the dead-five employees of the subsidiary of RN-VAVKOR and employees of contracting organizations. The Government of Bashkiria said that seven people on board were natives of this region. Rosneft promised to help the families of the dead. The Russia 1 TV channel published the names of the dead:

According to preliminary data, the helicopter touched the outer load of another helicopter with blades , soared a few minutes earlier. According to the TASS source, no one was injured in the second helicopter; Interfax reports : in order not to tolerate the crash, the second helicopter, where there was only a crew without passengers, had to drop the load.

The Youth press service said that the weather conditions in the disaster were simple. The helicopter was released in 2010; The commander raid was 5990 hours. Rostransnadzor said that he will check the UTair - Helicopter Services.

The crew commander noticed a dangerous rapprochement only at the last moment and tried to avoid a collision , the source of Interfax said , citing radio exchange data. “The helicopter does not have sufficient maneuverability to quickly get away from the collision in a few seconds, the crew failed to do this,” the source said. He suggested that the crew of the broken helicopter “did not calculate the setting parameters of the height and distance”, taking into account the flight of the second helicopter.

Mash telegram channel published an audio recording, which, approves, tells about the circumstances of the disaster the pilot of the second helicopter. “And in the process of taking off - I don’t know how he did not notice me, he took off after me - he, it turns out, caught up with me. I saw him from behind, almost at the last moment. <...> [I] shouted on the air ... And that’s all, he had an attempt to turn away, but it did not work, and he crashed into the external suspension with which I flew. That's all. " The pilot said that he did not drop the load on purpose, and this happened "automatically."

An interstate aviation committee will be investigated by the disaster . The acting governor Alexander of the USS flew to the scene of the crash, along with the heads of regional departments of the UK, the Ministry of Emergencies and other departments, Interfax reports.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case - under the article “Violation of the Rules for the Operation of Air Transport, which entailed by negligence the death of two or more persons (part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The head of the UK, Alexander Bastrykin, transferred an investigation into the central apparatus of the department for the "most complete and comprehensive investigation."

“Investigators are seized by flight documentation, fuel samples, the airline personnel and personnel of the departure airport, as well as possible eyewitnesses to the incident, are interrogated,” the UK said.

Victor Davydov