An-2 emergency landing site found in Yakutia

This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press secretary of Polar Airlines, Stanislav Platonov.

The Mi-8 “polar explorers” with the rescue team flew out of the Yakutsk airport to assist and transport the crew and passengers of the An-2. The estimated time of arrival of the Mi-8 back to Yakutsk is 3.5 hours, ”Platonov said.

Earlier, TASS reported that the Mi-8 helicopter, which flew from Batagay airport to help passengers and the An-2 crew, could not find the landing site and returned to the base.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations said that the plane "about 400 km from the point of departure made an emergency landing in the area of ​​Lake Silyan-Kuel of the Kobiai region."