This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

“The Mi-8 helicopter of the Territorial Disaster Medicine Center with rescuers from the regional search and rescue base on board joined the search for the missing helicopter,” the statement said.

Earlier it was reported that the Robinson helicopter under the control of biathlete Igor Malinovsky disappeared in Kamchatka.

Rescuers are searching for the missing helicopter.

Investigators opened a criminal case into the disappearance of a Robinson helicopter in the Kamchatka Territory.