PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, 12 Aug The head of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, said that robots would explore the Kuril Lake, where the Mi-8 helicopter with tourists fell, the wreckage is about 800 meters from the coast and at a depth of more than 130 meters. On Thursday, the helicopter fell into Lake Kuril in the south of Kamchatka. On board the Mi-8 there were three crew members and 13 passengers, one of them is a child. Eight people escaped, the helicopter delivered several victims to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. «The wreckage of the helicopter is located at a distance of about 800 meters from the coast and at a depth of more than 130 meters. Emergencies Ministry divers cannot work at such a depth. Therefore, we have now turned to the Ministry of Defense for assistance. The military confirmed the direction of underwater robotic vehicles that can help in the search for wreckage and missing. The robots will examine the bottom of the Kuril Lake in the area of the plane crash, «- quoted the governor's press service of the government.
08: 30The first footage from the crash site of the Mi-8 helicopter in Kamchatka has been published
