The daughter of the pilot of the found An-2 told about his condition

Irina, the daughter of the pilot of the An-2 plane found in Kamchatka, shared with Izvestia on Sunday, December 22, that her father is in a serious condition and can barely speak.

She noted that after learning about the plane's disappearance from radar, she called Kamchatka's Milkovo airport and clarified whether her father was on board.

"We, of course, called and asked not to stop searching," Irina also shared.

The girl added that at the helm were experienced pilots with long experience, so the family believed that in case of a breakdown the plane "in any case will land".

Earlier, Igor Fedyuk, a doctor at the hospital where the passenger and two crew members of the An-2 were taken, told Izvestia that all of them may have hypothermia. In addition, he noted that one of the victims has a closed craniocerebral injury, he is undergoing surgery. Another of those on board was diagnosed with a chest contusion.

Minister of Emergency Situations of the Kamchatka region Sergei Lebedev reported on December 22 that the previously missing plane An-2 was found in Kamchatka. He specified that people were evacuated by Mi-8 helicopter to Milkovo. Rosaviatsia spokesman Artem Korenyako specified that the An-2 with two crew members and a passenger was found near Tundrovaya Mountain. A criminal case on violation of the rules of operation of air transport has been instituted.

The passenger and two crew members of the airplane told "Izvestia" that at the moment of landing due to heavy fog it was not visible where the airplane landed. The instruments also failed and they had to navigate by pre-wings. According to the men, they had small supplies of food with them, which helped them survive for more than two days. They also tried not to leave the aircraft due to snow and wind, and dug a hole under the wing of the airplane to sleep.

The disappearance of the An-2 became known on December 19. At the same time in Kamchatka began an investigation into the fact of an aviation accident. In the Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region specified that on board the plane in addition to three people were 800 kg of commercial cargo. Later, the airplane received a signal about the emergency landing, and a ground rescue team went to the alleged place of its occurrence.