“For the courage and professionalism shown, the crew of the aircraft is presented for state awards. The dead Vladimir Kolomin and Oleg Bardanov are presented to the Order of Courage, Sergey Sazonov and Elena Laputskaya to the Nesterov medal, ”RIA Novosti quoted a representative of the Buryat government.
According to him, at present the award documents are under consideration at the plenipotentiary of the President of Russia in the Siberian Federal District.
The plane crash occurred on the morning of June 27. An-24 airline "Angara" made an emergency landing at the airport of Nizhneangarsk after the failure of one of the engines. When landing, the board left the runway and collided with the building of sewage treatment plants. An airplane ignited.
As a result of the incident, the commander of the aircraft and the flight engineer died.
In total there were 47 people on board: 43 passengers and four crew members.