Work at the helicopter crash site on Sakhalin was suspended due to bad weather

This is reported by TASS with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Sakhalin Region.

“It is not yet possible to send a Mi-8 helicopter to the crash site of a Robinson R-44 near Krasnaya Mountain in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk due to weather conditions,” the report says.

It is noted that later a ground group of rescuers and volunteers will be sent to the place of emergency.

Earlier it was reported that the pilot and passenger of a helicopter that crashed in the mountains on Sakhalin were killed.

Also, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a case on the fact of an emergency landing of a Robinson helicopter on Sakhalin.