Emergency Situations Ministry examined about 4 million square kilometers in search of the Mi-8, who disappeared in Ugra – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, July 3 – RIA Novosti. Rescuers examined when searching for the missing in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District of the Mi-8, in which there were five people, a total of nearly 4000 square kilometers of territory, He told RIA Novosti on Friday, the operational headquarters.

On Friday at 01.35 from the airport to the dispatching service GUMCHS reported absenteeism link at the scheduled time of the crew of the Mi-8 en route from “Nizhnevartovsk – Surgut.” In the area of ​​research aircraft looking for nearly 200 people, and three Mi-8 helicopter.

“From the air and ground teams have examined thousands of 3.61 square kilometers, the helicopter could not be found” – a spokesman said.

As previously reported by a source in the emergency services in the region, the Mi-8 is likely to fall in the Ob river or swamp.