“In connection with the failure to communicate at the set time of the Bell 206B-III helicopter with the crew of the Naryan-Mar combined air squad, a search and rescue operation was carried out on the Mi-8 helicopter, as a result of which the helicopter crash site was discovered ... Cape Konstantinovsky,” RIA leads News message of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

At the crash site, in addition to the deceased helicopter commander, a passenger was discovered. She was sent to Naryan-Mar.

Earlier it was reported that the UK began checking the emergency landing of the helicopter near Krasnoyarsk.