A steady beacon signal was caught in the area of the search for the missing An-2 in Kamchatka

Rescuers have caught a stable radio signal of a beacon in the search area for the missing An-2 airplane in Kamchatka. This was reported on December 20 by the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Kamchatka region Sergei Lebedev.

"Mi-8 has landed and is waiting out the bad weather, caught a steady radio signal of the beacon. Will move in this direction," he wrote on his page in the social network "VKontakte".

Lebedev specified that the board has not yet been found.

The disappearance of the plane An-2 became known on December 19. Minister of Emergency Situations of the Kamchatka region Sergei Lebedev reported the beginning of the rescue operation. At the same time, the Eastern Interregional Investigative Directorate for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation noted that in Kamchatka began an investigation into the fact of an aviation accident with the aircraft An-2.

Later in the day, Lebedev said that the aircraft received a signal of an emergency landing. The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region specified that on board the aircraft were 800 kg of commercial cargo, two crew members and one passenger.

At the same time it was reported that a ground group of rescuers went to the place of the alleged emergency landing of the plane An-2 in Kamchatka.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region also reported that a helicopter with rescuers from the Regional Search and Rescue Base (RRSB) flew from the village of Milkovo. In addition, an Mi-8 helicopter with personnel of the Kamchatka Rescue Center on board was planned to depart from the town of Yelizovo.