Missing Mi8 + pax in Siberia: search to be resumed 13oct2014

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Missing Mi8 + pax in Siberia: search to be resumed 13oct2014

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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=170398

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... edit-text=
is a translation into English of
http://ria.ru/incidents/20141012/1028009372.html
To search for Mi-8 involved 10 aircraft and helicopters, more than 800 staff and more than 100 pieces of equipment. Rescuers surveyed almost 24,000 square kilometers of territory in search of the helicopter that are suspended until Monday morning.
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... edit-text=
Mi-8 "Tuva Airlines" flying out of the village Sorug in Kyzyl, on Friday at the set time is not available on the phone. On board the helicopter were 12 people. According to the Transport Prosecutor's Office, the flight was carried out with the aim of aerofotosёmki. Customer flight is SK "Stroylayn." According to the authorities of the region, the Mi-8 made a commercial flight, which was associated with the installation of Snow matcht for Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP.

"The search will resume according to the planned time with 04.00 MSK," - said the agency interlocutor.

Search for helicopter emergency workers engaged in Tuva, Tuvan rescuers search and rescue team of EMERCOM of Russia, GIMS, MIA, administration Todzhinsky district. Involved eight aircraft, five Mi-8 helicopters, the Be-200, AN-2, AN-26. Currently, the number of groups of forces, is 363 people and 52 pieces of equipment, including the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations 93 people and 15 pieces of equipment. The reserve has two sides.

According to Tuvan Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, the evening of 12 October and during the day on October 13 places in the country is expected to strengthen the north-westerly winds of up to 15-20 meters per second, in some places up to 22 meters. In the mountains are expected heavy snow, sleet on the roads.
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