VLADIVOSTOK, 13 Aug Experts are developing a plan to lift the Mi-8 helicopter that fell into the Kuril Lake in Kamchatka using pontoons, the Kronotsky Reserve reported on Friday. On Thursday, the Mi-8 helicopter with tourists on board fell into the Kuril Lake in the south of Kamchatka. Onboard there were three crew members and 13 passengers, including one child. Eight people survived, two of them remain in intensive care, two — on outpatient treatment, the rest were not injured. Rescuers have determined that the Mi-8 helicopter that fell into the Kuril Lake lies at a depth of more than 145 meters. «An emergency rescue team of the Pacific Fleet is working on the Kuril Lake together with the Russian Emergencies Ministry and employees of the Kronotsky Reserve. Today, depths of 130-140 will be surveyed with the help of deep-sea equipment. meters at the site of the fall of the M-8 helicopter with tourists. A plan is being developed to lift the helicopter with the help of pontoons, «the message says.
Deep-sea equipment began work at the crash site of the Mi-8 in Kamchatka
