PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 17 Robinson helicopter crashed in Kamchatka, killed all on board, including biathlete pilot Igor Malinovsky, reported to the regional head office of the Ministry of Emergencies.
" Unfortunately, no one survived the crash,» the agency said.
The Russian Biathlon Union confirmed the death of the athlete. The Robinson helicopter stopped communicating in Kamchatka on Saturday. The Telegram channel of the Eastern Interregional Investigation Department on Transport of the Russian Investigative Committee clarified that the aircraft took off along the route Milkovo village — Valley of Geysers — Uzon volcano caldera with two passengers on board. The prosecutor's office began an investigation. Investigators opened a criminal case. According to preliminary data, the flight was excursion. The head of the region, Vladimir Solodov, said that low clouds were observed in the area of the crash site on Saturday.