The crew of a forest fire-fighting aircraft that went missing in the…
The crew of a forest fire-fighting aircraft that went missing in the Irkutsk region on Monday was found alive. The pilots of the light Cessna-182 managed to establish contact, independently assembled a radio station, and transmitted their coordinates to the passing aircraft from Bodaibo to Irkutsk.
Consensus
- The Cessna 182 aircraft disappeared on August 3 during a forest fire monitoring mission in the Bodaiinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast.
- The aircraft was operated by the company 'Gostavia' based in Leningrad Oblast.
- The crew consisted of a pilot-commander and a flight observer.
- The aircraft was last tracked at 13:58 on August 3 near the border of Bodaiinsky District and Yakutia.
- The crew lost contact and did not return to the base in Mama village.
- The crew survived in the taiga for three nights after the crash.
- The crew climbed a hill and built a radio to send their coordinates.
- The crew transmitted their location to a passing passenger aircraft (Bodaybo–Irkutsk).
- The crew was located approximately 90 km from Bodaybo.
- A helicopter was dispatched from Bodaybo for evacuation.
- The crew was evacuated and is in stable condition.
- The crew requested that their relatives be informed they are alive and well.
Points of divergence
- The aircraft crashed due to sudden loss of visibility in fog, resulting in a forced landing on a rock. — vesti
- The crew decided to land in the forest due to strong wind that the light aircraft could not handle. — interfax
- The helicopter evacuation was scheduled for 9:00 local time (04:00 MSK). — rimao
- The aircraft disappeared on Monday, August 3, and the crew was found alive on the same day. — tg_echoonline_news
- Full-scale search operations began only on Wednesday afternoon. — tg_bbcrussian
- The aircraft was owned by 'Gostavia' from Leningrad Oblast, which has a contract with the Irkutsk forest aviation and ground protection base. — fontanka
- The aircraft made a circle over Bodaybo city before losing contact. — vedomosti
Coverage (20 sources)
- "Battery was landing": Cessna pilot sent help request via assembled radio — Вести
- Missing plane in Irkutsk region landed in forest due to strong wind — Интерфакс
- Evacuation of pilots of the plane that crashed in Priangar is scheduled for 4:00 Moscow time — РИАМО
- The date of evacuation of pilots from the crashed aircraft in the Priangarsky region has become known — Вести
- Survived on the hill: missing plane and pilots in Irkutsk region found — РИАМО
- Crew of forest fire-fighting aircraft missing in Irkutsk region on Monday found alive — ЭХО / Новости
- Crew of missing forest fire-fighting plane in Irkutsk region made contact, crew is alive — BBC News Русская служба
- Crew of the missing aircraft from Leningrad Oblast that disappeared in Siberia has made contact — Фонтанка
- Missing plane in Irkutsk region found from air — Интерфакс
- Pilots of the missing aircraft in the Trans-Baikal region have made contact — Коммерсантъ
- Pilots of the missing plane in the Irkutsk region made contact — Вести
- A missing light aircraft found in Irkutsk Oblast — Ведомости
- In Irkutsk region, crew of missing Cessna made contact — Интерфакс
- Missing plane found in Irkutsk region, pilots made contact — Вечерняя Москва
- Aircraft with two people on board disappeared without a trace in the Irkutsk region. Light aircraft Cessna 182V was conducting monitoring of forest fire situation in Bodaibsky district. — Baza
- Missing Cessna forest fire plane in Priangarsky region hinders cloud search — Интерфакс
- An aircraft has disappeared in the Bodai-Bin district. Two people were on board, they were flying to patrol the forests 18+ THIS MATERIAL (… — Люди Байкала
- SK named three versions of the disappearance of Cessna-182 plane in Irkutsk region — Вести
- Search for missing plane in Priangar'ye yielded no results, said TASS governor of Irkutsk region Kobzev. Cessna 182... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Investigators proposed three versions of the disappearance of a plane in the Irkutsk region — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Igor Kozhev
- Bodaybinsky District
- Priangarsky District
- Moscow
- Bodaybo
- Mamoy
- INTERFAX.RU
- TASS
- Max
- IrkuTska
- SK
- Telegram channel
- Inna Zykova
- Mah
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