Helicopter with rescuers resumed the search for the An-2 airplane missing in Kamchatka

The helicopter that returned to the village of Ossora with rescuers on board due to bad weather has started searching for the missing An-2 airplane in the Kamchatka region again. This was reported on December 20 by the Minister for Emergency Situations of the region Sergei Lebedev.

"The bad weather has receded. At 15:15 (06:15 Moscow time) the board took off again to search. There is visibility. We are waiting for the result," - said in the message Lebedev on the page in the social network "VKontakte".

About 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 in 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 noted that a helicopter with rescuers from the Regional Search and Rescue Base (RRSB) flew from the village of Milkovo. In addition, a helicopter Mi-8 with personnel from the Kamchatka Rescue Center on board was planned to depart from the town of Yelizovo.

Soon Sergei Lebedev said that the rescuers caught a stable radio signal of the beacon in the search area of the missing An-2 airplane in Kamchatka, and the Mi-8 helicopter landed and is waiting out the weather.

Also, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), Artem Korenyako, said that the search for the An-2 plane missing in Kamchatka is complicated by difficult weather conditions and terrain features.