“Active searches for the An-2 aircraft in distress, its passengers and crew have been stopped.
In case of receiving reliable information about the location of the aircraft, the head of the West Siberian Interregional Territorial Air Transport Directorate of the Federal Air Transport Agency was instructed to resume the investigation of the incident, ”the text of the Interfax order quoted.
At the same time, the crews of civil aviation aircraft flying in the area of the alleged plane crash are recommended to conduct a visual inspection of the terrain.
According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, over three months of searches, 170 flights were made with a total flight time of more than 662 hours and an area of 36.9 thousand square meters was surveyed.
meters, of which more than 10 thousand square meters.
meters again.
The An-2 aircraft, on board of which there were four passengers and two crew members, stopped communicating on the evening of July 19, a criminal case was opened.