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A source told the Interfax news agency that the wrecked plane was found on the slope of Sharp Mountain in the Yelizov district.
“Nothing is yet known about the fate of the people in the helicopter,” he said.
Previously, other informed sources told Interfax that there could have been three people in the helicopter and that the aircraft was likely owned by the border guard.
In Russia, five climbers died in Elbrus, 14 rescued
In Russia, five climbers were killed and 14 more were rescued during an incident on the highest mountain in the Caucasus, Elbrus, rescuers said Friday.
“A group of climbers searched for and rescued Mount Elbrus during a search and rescue operation,” the Emergency Situations Ministry said, adding that rescuers had been evacuated in an all-terrain truck to the nearest village and handed over to doctors. .
“Unfortunately, five people died,” the ministry added.
The report says that the rescue operation until 2 pm 45 min. local (and Lithuanian) time was completely filled in. Almost 70 people and 16 technical units attended.
On Thursday, a group of 19 people climbed Elbrus to a height of 5.4 km and asked for help when the weather turned bad.
The search was exacerbated by winds of up to 40 meters per second and a cold of -20 degrees Celsius. Visibility in the search area often did not exceed one meter.
An informed source told the Interfax news agency that this group of climbers did not have enough guides.
“The group was not full enough of magicians: there were only two of them. According to preliminary data, they themselves left the group and headed in an unknown direction,” said the source.
According to him, the group included climbers from various Russian cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. All members of the group were in their 30s, but most had no experience participating in mountain hikes.
The company that organized the climb at that time reported that the group was accompanied by four professional guides.
A woman in the climbing group felt bad when climbing. She turned back to one of the guides, but then died “at his hands,” the company said.
The rest of the group continued to climb the mountain, but were hit by an “unprecedented storm”.
One of the climbers broke his leg, which caused the group’s pace to slow down even more.
Two climbers were fatally frozen and two more lost consciousness and died when they were postponed, the company said.
The guides and some members of the climbing group were hospitalized for frostbite.
Criminal proceedings have been started
One of the magicians, Anton Nikiforov, who had climbed Elbrus for the 56th time, told television reporters that a strong wind was blowing that day. He admitted that the group could have regressed earlier.
“But I have climbed before in similar weather conditions, there were carpets and there were no problems,” he said as he lay in a hospital bed.
A local unit of the Health Ministry said 11 people are currently being treated at the hospital. Two of them are in the intensive care unit.
Russian investigators said on Friday they had launched a criminal investigation into allegations of providing “services that do not meet health and safety requirements.”
The Elbrus area is popular with climbers and walkers during the summer and becomes a ski resort in the winter.
Although climbing this 5,642 m high volcano is not considered technically difficult, dozens of climbers die each year trying to reach the top of Elbrus.
In May 2006, six dead climbers were found on Mount Elbrus. They were thought to have died of cold as the weather worsened.
After Russia closed the borders due to the coronavirus pandemic, local tourism flourished and Elbrus received an influx of tourists.
According to local government officials cited by the Interfax news agency, 30 percent visited the region in the first half of 2021. more people than during the same period in 2019.
