The Mi-171 helicopter (a modification of the Mi-8), which disappeared this morning in Buryatia, has been found. It made an emergency landing in the Irkutsk region, TASS reports.
According to the head of the regional search and rescue coordination centre. Victor DragerThere were six people on board the plane.
“The search helicopter took off from the emergency landing site and is transporting the crew and passengers to Irkutsk. We have requested two ambulances,” he said. “The cause of this emergency was a lightning strike and a steering failure.”
According to him, two people were injured: the crew commander and the passenger of the plane. The rescue plane with crew members and passengers landed in Irkutsk at 13:58 Moscow time (18:58 local time).
