This was reported by the press center of the regional administration of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Kamchatka Territory.

“Six bodies were found and raised to the surface,” the publication says.

It is noted that the bodies of two more victims are currently inside the fuselage of the helicopter, work continues to raise them.

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.