"The missing plane has been found. According to preliminary information, all three people - the pilots and the passenger - are alive, but received injuries of varying severity," he wrote on Telegram.

At the time of the discovery, there were two people on board, the captain at this time went on foot to look for a place of communication. A search party followed him.

"So far, all the victims will be transported to the Shakhtersky cooperative. In the morning, if the weather permits, we will organize a sanitary flight," Kuznetsov said.

Earlier it became known that the An-2 aircraft of the Strizh Avia airline disappeared in Chukotka, there are three people on board - two crew members and one passenger.

Investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of the emergency.