Footage of An-2 airplane crew rescue in Kamchatka published

On December 22, Izvestia has at its disposal footage of the rescue in Kamchatka of pilots and a passenger of an An-2 airplane.

Pilots of the Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise and rescuers of the Kamchatka Regional Search and Rescue Base (the aerospace search and rescue zone of the Federal Aviation Administration) distinguished themselves in the search and rescue operations.

Kamchatka Health Minister Alexander Gashkov said that at the moment the passenger and crew members are receiving medical assistance. According to him, one of them has an open craniocerebral injury and a scalp wound to the head, the second has facial abrasions, the third has a chest contusion.

Earlier in the day, the head of the Milkovsky district of Kamchatka Krai Nikolai Sepko said that the probable cause of the emergency landing of the An-2 airplane was icing. According to him, it led to the failure of instruments.

Irina, the daughter of the pilot of the An-2 plane found in Kamchatka, told Izvestia that her father was in a serious condition and could barely speak. Igor Fedyuk, a doctor at the hospital where the passenger and two crew members of the An-2 were taken, shared with Izvestia that all of them may have hypothermia. In addition, he noted that one of the victims has a closed head injury and 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 plane told "Izvestia" that at the moment of landing due to heavy fog it was not visible where the plane 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 group of rescuers went to the alleged place of its occurrence.