MOSCOW, 12 Aug. The Mi-8 that fell in Kamchatka was in good order, has been in operation since 1984, and had to undergo the next technical inspection in 2022, said the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov. In this case, this board in question was supposed to pass next in 2022, it was serviceable and allowed to fly, «Solodov said on the Russia 24 TV channel.» Yes, these are quite old machines, in this case she started operated in 1984, but at the same time Mi-8 are reliable vehicles, reliable helicopters and are actively operated, even when we are talking about helicopters of this age, «he added.
08: 30The first footage from the crash site of the Mi-8 helicopter in Kamchatka has been published
