When the helicopter fell, it broke the ice on the lake and sank, so the emergency beacon stopped in the water.
The Mi-8 helicopter, which disappeared from the radar in Karelia on Sunday, February 4, fell over Lake Onega and went under the ice. The crew was killed first, RosSMI reported.
It is known that when the helicopter fell, it hit the ice and sank, causing the emergency beacon to stop working in the water, making the search difficult.
“The crash site of the Mi-8 helicopter was discovered in Lake Onega, 11 km from the coast, the wreckage was located at a depth of 40-50 meters,” media reports quoted the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations as saying.
Social networks reported that in a previously defined search area about 12 km from the village of Derevyannoye, rescuers found part of the fuselage of the aircraft and a large hole.
Earlier it was reported that a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation with three crew members went missing in Russian Karelia.
And in January, a Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia. During the landing, he cut the high voltage lines.
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