In the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation, a helicopter of Sanaviation has fallen: a pilot was killed (photo)
The pilot was an employee of the special organization with whom they concluded the contract. Representatives of the Health Committee of the region said that there were no passengers on board the helicopter. The helicopter fell outside the residential areas. The helicopter with the 20012 onboard number and the body of the pilot in 1967 were found in an open area of the area in the field near the village of Yerzovka, Horodyshche district.
A criminal case was initiated for violation of air transport safety rules. The aircraft belongs to JSC "Russian helicopter systems", late on the evening of April 24, it disappeared from radars, specifies the Russian media Shot. Pilot Oleg Vinhogradov informed the dispatcher about the event for landing, but disappeared. The wreckage was found on April 25 5 kilometers from the Air Union of Volgograd. According to the source of Izvestia, a technical malfunction was the cause of the catastrophe.
"After planting the victim and the doctors, the helicopter of Sanaviation returned to the platform. In the flight, the pilot contacted the dispatcher and reported the malfunction. Then the connection with him disappeared," Interfax writes with reference to emergency services. We will remind that on April 23 the Ukrainian military knocked down the Russian helicopter Mi-24 and four drones.