This was reported on the official website of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Kamchatka Territory in the operational information section.
"With the onset of daylight, on August 15, Kamchatka rescuers continued their search operations in the Kuril Lake area, where the Mi-8 helicopter of the Vityaz-Aero airline with tourists on board crashed," the ministry said in a statement.
On Saturday, August 14, divers surveyed the coastline and coastal waters at a depth of 20 meters.
In total, experts examined about 5,000 sq.
meters of the lake and 4,500 sq.
meters of the bottom.
The bodies of three victims of the Mi-8 helicopter crash were lifted ashore.
The press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said earlier that the helicopter body was located at a distance of about 500 m from the coast.
According to the Kamchatka Territory administration, the families of those killed in the Mi-8 crash in Kamchatka will be paid 2 million rubles each.