Criminal proceedings instituted by fact of Mi-8 helicopter`s crash in Habarovsky krai
Criminal proceedings instituted by fact of Mi-8 crash in Habarovsky krai. Transport Office of Prosecutor of Nikolaevsk-na-Amur brought an action according to article "Violation of traffic safety and air transport exploitation rules".
Special committee, consisting of experts and Office of Prosecutor representatives, will investigate causes of catastrophe. Divers will be directed to place of occurrence for evacuation of dead pilot from plane, which is at the bottom of Amur.
Helicopter, flying by medical route Nikolaevsk-na-Amur - Bogorodskoe - Nikolaevsk-na-Amur, crashed 10 minutes after take off from height of 200-220 meters at Amur mouth, 15 km west from Nikolaevsk-na-Amur and fell under ice.
By tentative data, the cause of Mi-8 crash could be bad weather conditions - snowstorm and powerful wind.
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