A friend told about the flight engineer of the crashed An-24 who devoted his life to aviation.
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- A friend told about the flight engineer of the crashed An-24 who devoted his life to aviation.
The flight engineer of the An-24 that crashed in the Amur region, Vitaly Koltunov, was devoted to the profession and constantly worked in aviation. His friend Igor Khlebnikov, a fellow student at the Higher Military Aviation Engineering College, told Izvestia on July 25.
"In St. Petersburg, he graduated from technical and civil aviation and joined Angara Airlines, where he proved himself very well as a specialist before the tragic events, and continued his career there," he said.
Khlebnikov said that he and his classmates learned about the tragedy in the Amur region in a general alumni chat. According to him, they later found out from their sources that Vitaly was in the technical crew of the crashed plane.
A friend of the flight engineer stressed that simple human qualities were important to Vitaly — kindness, openness, willingness to help and independence. Koltunov's friend also added that aviation had lost "the most dedicated person in his profession."
The AN-24 crashed in the Amur region, 15 km from the city of Tynda on July 24. Communication with the aircraft was lost during the flight on the Khabarovsk – Blagoveshchensk – Tynda route. Later, his burning fuselage was found on the ground. All passengers and crew members were killed.
The governor of the Amur Region, Vasily Orlov, clarified that investigative actions are currently being carried out at the crash site. Later, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reported the discovery of flight recorders at the crash site.
In the Amur region, three days of mourning were declared in connection with the plane crash. On July 25, a memorial service for the victims of the plane crash was held in the Tynda church.
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