Robinson R66 helicopter crash in Altai. The search for the Robinson helicopter that crashed in Altai will resume at dawn. Why do helicopters crash so often?

As Gazeta.Ru found out, experts investigating the Robinson R-66 crash on Lake Teletskoye in the Altai Republic are inclined to believe that the crash occurred due to an error when piloting in bad weather conditions. “It is possible that the person sitting at the helm overestimated his capabilities and experience, deciding that he could cope with the control of the fragile Robinson,” says Gazeta.Ru’s interlocutor, who is familiar with the investigation. —

Or one of the passengers pressed on him so that he would rise into the air.”

He notes that Rakitsky initially took a risk when he took off from the helipad in Iogach (the former site of the republican Avialesookhrana, which later became the base for AltaiAvia). “The weather was bad that day: it was snowing and there was a strong wind,” explains the interlocutor. “But the Robinson R-66 is different in that in the event of changes in the wind, when downward and upward flows meet, it can lose controllability.”

From Yogach the helicopter headed to the Samysh base. “From there, Rakitsky took Deputy Prime Minister of the Altai Republic Anatoly Bannykh, general director of the Heli Club at the HeliMoscow company, base jumper Gleb Vorevodin and his wife Elena,” says a source from Gazeta.Ru. — They had a sightseeing flight planned over the reserve. At the same time, neither the administration of the reserve was warned about the flight (flights are prohibited without notifying the administration of the reserve), nor the aviation authorities.”

Meanwhile, as follows from the incident report (IAC), the landing in the reserve at the Kokshi cordon was forced. “The R-66 helicopter landed at the cordon at approximately 18:30. The reason for the landing was bad weather conditions, a strong north wind of about 10 m/s with snow, and very poor visibility,” the document says.

The pilot wanted to wait out the bad weather. However, then it was decided to fly, no matter what, back to the Samysh base.

According to eyewitnesses, the helicopter took off from the cordon at 20.15, and five minutes after departure it began to sharply descend and crashed into the lake, about a kilometer from the shore.

The IAC report emphasizes that, according to the certificate, flights of helicopters of this type over the water surface without installed floats at a distance from the coastline exceeding the gliding distance in autorotation mode (rotation of the main rotor without the engine) are prohibited.

“That is, initially the entire flight took place with violations,” says Gazeta.Ru’s interlocutor.

In turn, the Interregional Public Organization of Pilots and Citizens - Owners of Aircraft (AOPA-Russia) stated that Dmitry Rakitsky is known as an experienced pilot instructor, co-founder and chief pilot of the Aviamarket company (Heliport Istra) - a Russian dealer of Robinson . He became the first pilot in the world to fly a Robinson R-66 to the Arctic, and participated in the first Russian round-the-world trip by helicopter.

Meanwhile, the West Siberian Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee, which is investigating the crash, also notes that the crew of the Robinson R-66 helicopter, on which five people crashed, did not notify the air traffic authorities about the flight on February 12. This is stated in the official message of the Investigative Committee. Now

the investigation is considering three main versions of the crash: pilot error, difficult weather conditions and a technical malfunction of the helicopter.

“At the same time, employees of the company that carried out the maintenance of the helicopter showed during interrogations that the helicopter was in good technical condition,” the department notes.

The fact that the helicopter was operational is also stated in the IAC incident report. According to aviation experts, the helicopter came off the production line in June 2013 and had serial number 0174. In August 2015, the helicopter was issued an airworthiness certificate. During its operation the car had no repairs. The helicopter belonged to the company Altayavia LLC. At the same time, the lessee of the R-66, Aeroclub AltaiAvia, according to IAC specialists, did not have an operator’s certificate.

The Robinson R-66 helicopter crash occurred in the Turochaksky district of Altai on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at approximately 20.20 local time. Employees of the reserve called the rescue service and said that near Cape Kokshi above Lake Teletskoye, the lights of a helicopter suddenly disappeared from view. It later became clear that the helicopter crashed.

There were five people on board, including the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Altai Republic, who in 2009 was among the passengers of the Mi-171 helicopter that crashed during an illegal argali hunt.

Then seven people died in the disaster, including the presidential plenipotentiary envoy. Anatoly Bannykh was later prosecuted for illegal hunting, but the court acquitted him.

Investigative authorities have opened a criminal case into the crash of the Robinson helicopter. In connection with the helicopter crash, a criminal case was opened under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of air transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence), and a search and rescue operation was launched at the crash site.

On February 13, in the coastal zone of Lake Teletskoye, a body was discovered that was on board the helicopter at the time of its crash. In addition, in the water area of ​​the lake, during search operations, items were found that were on board the helicopter, namely: a hinged cover of the front right seat, as well as three covers. Currently, they have been examined by an investigator from the Investigative Committee and transferred, along with technical documentation, to specialists of the Interstate Aviation Committee for further research. The bodies of the remaining victims have not yet been found.

Light Robinson helicopter, owned by Light Air airline (Ufa). The aircraft monitored the forest fire situation. According to a TASS source, three people on board were killed.

Since 2015, this is the ninth case of a crash in Russia of light helicopters of this brand (the four-seat R44 and its five-seat modification R66). The editors of TASS-DOSSIER have prepared a chronology of such cases.

June 27, 2015 in the village Makaraksky, Tisulsky district, Kemerovo region, a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-05765, owner - United Financial Leasing Company LLC, tenant - SK Tech Progress LLC) crashed, flying along the Tisul - Kemerovo route. There was a pilot on board and two passengers, all of them died. According to eyewitnesses, while flying over the Kiya River, the aircraft touched the water-measuring steel cables and landed on a sandbank. Soon the helicopter took off again; while gaining altitude, a control failure occurred, which led to the vehicle colliding with the steep bank of the river. and destruction, according to experts of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), the most likely cause of the disaster was the impact of a cable wound on the pitch control mechanism of the tail rotor blades during the first flight.

August 8, 2015 over the Istra Reservoir near the village of Alekhnovo (Moscow Region), a Cessna 203 seaplane (registration number RA-67523) in flight touched the blades of a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-04383), after which both aircraft fell into the water and were destroyed. Nine people died, including an 8-year-old child and a 14-year-old girl. The helicopter was flown by world champion in motor-paragliding Vadim Bukhtiyarov. According to preliminary data, the disaster occurred due to the recklessness of the seaplane pilot, who allowed dangerous maneuvers.

August 14, 2015 in Neryungri (Yakutia), a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-04339) of Kogalym Express LLC, flying from Tommot, caught fire during landing and crashed. The pilot and two passengers were hospitalized, and one passenger subsequently died.

April 18, 2016 Light helicopter Robinson R66 (registration number RA-06233) JSC "Optkholod", flying from the rural settlement of Anderma (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) to Bely Island (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), when approaching its destination, made a hard landing, colliding with an ice surface Kara Sea. As a result, three people on board died. The crashed car was part of a group of three helicopters on which an expedition was traveling to search for traces of Georgy Brusilov, who disappeared in the Arctic Ocean in 1914 on the schooner "St. Anna". The cause of the disaster was the pilot's loss of control over the flight altitude in difficult weather conditions.

May 3, 2016 a private light helicopter Robinson R44 (registration number RA-2118G) crashed in the area of ​​Russkaya Bay (Kamchatka Territory). As a result of the emergency, the aircraft was destroyed, killing all three people on board - the pilot and two passengers.

October 22, 2016 The Robinson R66 helicopter (registration number RA-04347) of the Russian gold mining company "Uryumkan", following the route Zolotorechensk (Olovyanninsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory) - the Jalal-Kadai artel, stopped communicating. On October 24, the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in the taiga 10 km south of the village of Nizhnee Giryunino, Baleysky district, Trans-Baikal Territory. As a result of the disaster, the pilot and two passengers on board - the general director and chief engineer of the Darkhan mining company, whose founder is Uryumkan - were killed. The flight was associated with an inspection of gold mining production sites as part of the completion of the panning season.

November 28, 2016 light helicopter Robinson R44 (registration number RA-04195) of Heli Crimea airline crashed near the village. Vinogradnoe (Alushta, Crimea). Three people on board died: the director of Heli Crimea, Roman Izmailov, who piloted the aircraft, the head of the Russian film company Soyuz Marins Group, Alexander Kulikov, and his assistant.

February 12, 2017 A Robinson R66 helicopter (registration number RA-06375) of the Russian company AltaiAvia crashed shortly after takeoff near Cape Kokshi on Lake Teletskoye (Turochaksky district of the Altai Republic). There were five people on board, including former Deputy Prime Minister of the Altai Republic Anatoly Bannykh, who in 2009 survived the crash of an Mi-171 that crashed in Altai during a poaching hunt. The Robinson R66 was piloted by the famous pilot Dmitry Rakitsky, a crew member of the first Russian round-the-world helicopter expedition. Rescuers found only fragments of the aircraft and the body of one of the passengers.

During a search operation on Lake Teletskoye, where a Robinson R-66 helicopter crashed on Sunday with five people on board, rescuers found the body of one of the passengers and a fragment of the aircraft. Search efforts are complicated by severe weather conditions.

It was only after dark that the search for the Robinson R-66 helicopter that crashed in the waters of Lake Teletskoye in the Altai Republic (RA) was suspended today. In the morning, significant rescue forces were deployed to the village of Yailyu, which is located next to the crash site. According to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Armenia Igor Bukin, the base camp of the search operation was set up there.

Approximately 250 people are involved in the search. Rescue teams and special equipment are sent by the Siberian regional units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. A dozen rescue divers and deep-sea equipment were sent from Abakan, a remote-controlled underwater vehicle "Falcon" was delivered from Irkutsk by helicopter to the search area, and a hovercraft "Argo" was sent from Berdsk. Helicopters are patrolling over the site of the alleged crash of the aircraft. Helipads have been prepared for them in the coastal villages of Artybash and Yogach. The search, which is taking place at a temperature of -20°C, is greatly hampered by raging bad weather: gusty winds raised high waves on the ice-free part of the mountain lake. In addition, the search area was covered from time to time by thick fog and snowfall.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, this morning one of the search groups found a fragment of a presumably damaged helicopter. According to the official representative of the West Siberian Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Yana Strizhova, the body of a helicopter passenger was found approximately 2 km from the probable site of the plane crash. According to Kommersant's information, we are talking about Elena Rakitskaya, the wife of pilot Dmitry Rakitsky.

An investigation team arrived at the scene of the crash of the R-66 helicopter (RA-06375). Today, in connection with the plane crash, law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of air transport safety rules resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence). As reported by the ICR department, investigators have several “typical” versions in their work - piloting error, technical malfunction of the aircraft and difficult weather conditions. The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) joined the investigation of the incident and sent its specialists to Altai. The official representative of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office Oksana Gorbunova said that the supervisory agency is checking the Altayavia flying club, which owned the R-66 helicopter, as well as the LLC of the same name, on whose landing site it was based.

The plane crash occurred on February 12 at about nine o'clock in the evening. According to the testimony of a ranger of the Altai State Biosphere Reserve, who witnessed the tragedy, the helicopter took off from the Kokshi cordon and fell into Lake Teletskoye while gaining altitude. According to initial information, the aircraft sank about 1 km from the coast at a depth of about 200 m.

On board the Robinson R-66 were allegedly the former deputy chairman of the RA government, local oligarch Anatoly Bannykh, as well as Muscovites - athlete Gleb Vorevodin, head of the Heli Club helicopter club Maria Kozintseva and chief pilot of the Heli Club Dmitry Rakitsky with his wife Elena. They arrived in Altai on Friday and stayed at the Altay Village Teletskoe hotel on the shore of Lake Teletskoye. According to some reports, the hotel belongs to Sergei Rozbakh, brother of Anatoly Bannykh. Note that the hotel is part of the Barnaul Network Company group, which includes Altayavia LLC.

On February 11, skydiver Gleb Vorevodin wrote on his social network page that jumping in the Altai Mountains “was his cherished dream.” “Lake Teletskoye was met with not particularly clear weather, but we jumped anyway,” he left a note on his account.

Marketing director of the helicopter club Heli Club Anna Panicheva told Kommersant that Maria Kozintseva flew to Altai for business negotiations with the company’s long-time partner Anatoly Bannykh. Maria Kozintseva had a return ticket for Sunday, but she rescheduled her flight. The cloudiness gave way to clear weather, and Maria Kozintseva agreed to a helicopter excursion to view the picturesque places from above. However, something went wrong in the air, and the helicopter crashed into the icy water. Local residents say that a storm hit the lake in the evening. Former colleagues of aviator Dmitry Rakitsky, whose flight experience is almost 20 years, talk about him as a professional of the highest class.

Honored Pilot of Russia Vadim Bazykin on Kommersant FM:“I’ll tell you that R-66 has only just been launched, literally two years ago. There are several of them that have only recently received certificates. Basically, of course, they use European cars, that is, Eurocopter, Agusta - they are more adapted to our conditions. All these Robinsons are more summer cars; they, of course, are not for Russia. So I wouldn’t advise any of my friends to use them.”

Konstantin Voronov, Novosibirsk

A light Robinson helicopter belonging to the Light Air airline (Ufa) crashed. The aircraft monitored the forest fire situation. According to a TASS source, three people on board were killed.

Since 2015, this is the ninth case of a crash in Russia of light helicopters of this brand (the four-seat R44 and its five-seat modification R66). The editors of TASS-DOSSIER have prepared a chronology of such cases.

June 27, 2015 in the village. Makaraksky, Tisulsky district, Kemerovo region, crashed a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-05765, owner - United Financial Leasing Company LLC, tenant - SK Tech Progress LLC), flying along the Tisul - Kemerovo route. There were a pilot and two passengers on board, all of whom died. According to eyewitnesses, while flying over the Kiya River, the aircraft touched water-measuring steel cables and landed on a sandbank. Soon the helicopter took off again; while climbing, a control failure occurred, which led to the vehicle colliding with a steep river bank and being destroyed. According to experts from the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), the most likely cause of the disaster was the impact of a cable wound around the pitch control mechanism of the tail rotor blades during the first flight.

On August 8, 2015, over the Istra Reservoir near the village of Alekhnovo (Moscow Region), a Cessna 203 seaplane (registration number RA-67523) in flight touched the blades of a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-04383), after which both aircraft fell into the water and collapsed. Nine people died, including an 8-year-old child and a 14-year-old girl. The helicopter was flown by world champion in motor-paragliding Vadim Bukhtiyarov. According to preliminary data, the disaster occurred due to the recklessness of the seaplane pilot, who allowed dangerous maneuvers.

On August 14, 2015, in Neryungri (Yakutia), a Robinson R44 helicopter (registration number RA-04339) of Kogalym Express LLC, en route from Tommot, caught fire and crashed during landing. The pilot and two passengers were hospitalized, and one passenger subsequently died.

On April 18, 2016, a light helicopter Robinson R66 (registration number RA-06233) of Optkholod CJSC, flying from the rural settlement of Anderma (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) to Bely Island (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), made a hard landing when approaching its destination , colliding with the ice surface of the Kara Sea. As a result, three people on board died. The crashed car was part of a group of three helicopters on which an expedition was traveling to search for traces of Georgy Brusilov, who disappeared in the Arctic Ocean in 1914 on the schooner “St. Anna”. The cause of the disaster was the pilot's loss of control over the flight altitude in difficult weather conditions.

On May 3, 2016, a private light helicopter Robinson R44 (registration number RA-2118G) crashed in the area of ​​Russkaya Bay (Kamchatka Territory). As a result of the emergency, the aircraft was destroyed, killing all three people on board - the pilot and two passengers.

On October 22, 2016, the Robinson R66 helicopter (registration number RA-04347) of the Russian gold mining company Uryumkan, flying along the route Zolotorechensk (Olovyanninsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory) - the Jalal-Kadai artel, stopped communicating. On October 24, the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered in the taiga 10 km south of the village of Nizhnee Giryunino, Baleysky district, Trans-Baikal Territory. As a result of the disaster, the pilot and two passengers on board - the general director and chief engineer of the Darkhan mining company, whose founder is Uryumkan - were killed. The flight was associated with an inspection of gold mining production sites as part of the completion of the panning season.

On November 28, 2016, a light helicopter Robinson R44 (registration number RA-04195) of Heli Crimea airline crashed near the village. Vinogradnoye (who in 2009 survived the Mi-171 crash that crashed in Altai during a poaching hunt. The Robinson R66 was flown by the famous pilot Dmitry Rakitsky, a crew member of the first Russian round-the-world helicopter expedition. Rescuers found only fragments of the aircraft and the body of one from passengers.

In the Altai Republic on the evening of February 12, a Robinson-66 helicopter crashed. The ship fell into Lake Teletskoye. There were five people on board, including an Altai businessman Anatoly Bannykh. the site is broadcasting, information is updated as it becomes available.

12th of February

Updated from 23.33:

On the evening of February 12, the West Siberian Transport Investigation Department received information about the crash of a Robinson helicopter on the territory of the Altai Republic.

The fate of the passengers and crew is still unknown. According to sources from Gorny Altai News, the famous Altai businessman Anatoly Bannykh was on board. It is known that before the crash the helicopter landed at the Kokshi cordon, from where it took off at about 20.20. Shortly after takeoff, at a distance of about 200-300 meters from the shore, the helicopter fell into the lake.

“The flight was unauthorized,” a source in the region’s transport supervision services told Interfax. He also said that the helicopter crashed into the water on takeoff.

The helicopter pilot most likely lost control, another agency source said.

Updated from 23.46:

An airmobile group of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Altai Republic and rescuers of the Altai branch of the regional search and rescue team of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia - a total of 21 people - moved to the crash site. Two Mi-8 helicopters of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations with divers on board are ready for departure, the Siberian regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Altzapovednik.ru

Updated from 23.51:

The depth at the site of the possible fall could be 280 meters. “It’s night in the region now, it’s dark, by 06:30, at the beginning of dawn, the group will begin work,” the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Bukin region told TASS.

February 13

Updated from 00.09:

Employees of the Altai Biosphere Reserve saw the helicopter's side lights go out, Vladislav Ryabchenko, head of the Turochaksky district administration, told TASS. “The lights of the helicopter went out about a kilometer from the coast; the reserve staff were the first to signal this situation. According to the information we have, it was a private helicopter,” he said.

Updated from 00.13:

There were five people on board: pilot Dmitry Rakitsky, his wife Elena, Anatoly Bannykh, Maria Kozintseva and Gleb Vorevodin, Life reports. There are no employees of the Altai Biosphere Reserve on this list. Law enforcement officers confirm information that the businessman was on board.

Oleg Bogdanov

The cause of the crash of the helicopter, which had 5 people on board, could have been difficult weather conditions. Another possible cause is pilot error or problems with the propulsion system. The helicopter crashed 40 kilometers from the village of Artybash.

Mikhail Khozyaykin

Updated from 00.30:

The Altayavia helicopter was making an excursion flight to Lake Teletskoye. “It was supposed to last 3-3.5 hours,” law enforcement agencies told TASS.

An airmobile group of 60 people and 12 pieces of equipment was sent to the area of ​​the helicopter crash from Gorno-Altaisk. Earlier, at 21.40, an operational group of the fire garrison of the Turochak district went to the area of ​​​​Cape Kokshi to organize a helipad in the amount of 6 people and 1 piece of equipment, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Armenia.

An operational headquarters has been set up in the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Altai Republic.

Vadim Klimov, facebook.com

Updated from 00.39:

“After taking off from Cape Kokshi, the helicopter fell 200 meters into the lake. Approximately 300 meters from the shore. We have snowfall here today and frost - 20 degrees minus. They took off at dusk. And in general, the last three days we have been moving around a lot. Today I just cursed that it was snowing, it was getting dark and the pinwheel was coming. I looked out the window and couldn’t see anything. I also thought - they’re not afraid,” writes Ruslan Repkin on Facebook.

Updated from 00.44:

The Altai search and rescue team of 23 people and a search and rescue team of 8 people left for the incident area at 22.00, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Armenia.

• MI-8 helicopter from Irkutsk with 4 rescuers and FALCON underwater vehicle;
• MI-8 helicopter from Khakassia with 6 rescuers;
• MI-8 helicopter from Barnaul with 3 rescuers;
• MI-8 helicopter of the AltaiAvia company with three people.
• hovercraft from the Berdsk search and rescue team.

Updated from 00.54:

The Altayavia company disowned the helicopter. Presumably, it belonged to one of the flying clubs. “This is not our helicopter, this is a helicopter of the flying club of the same name. He is based in our hangar, I can’t say more details,” the agency’s interlocutor told TASS.

Updated from 01.04:

Roshydromet reported that the weather in the area where the helicopter crashed was normal. There was no heavy rainfall, wind or other weather phenomena that could have caused the aircraft to crash.

Updated from 06.31:

It became known that the passengers of the missing helicopter were resting

Updated from 09.23:

The crash site is located 24 km from the village of Yailyu and 40 km from the village of Artybash. Shortly before the disaster, Robinson was landing at the Kokshi cordon. He took off from here at about 20.20 and soon, at a distance of about 200-300 meters from the shore, the helicopter fell into the lake. For more information about the area where the helicopter crashed,

Updated from 09.43

At 7 am, rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived at Lake Teletskoye. Rescuers are deployed in the village of Yaylyu. Three helipads have been prepared in Artybash, Yogach and Yaylyu. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia involved 105 people and 20 pieces of equipment. Representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations

Updated from 11/10:

In the West Siberian Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. The investigation team is preparing to go to the site of a possible aircraft crash, and measures are being taken to establish all the circumstances of the incident.

Updated from 11.01:

website, details of the crash became known. As eyewitnesses of the incident told the site, the pilot of the Robinson 66 helicopter filled the tank full at the cordon in Kokshi (Altai Republic) and took off. A strong side wind was blowing, and the helicopter almost corkscrewed into Lake Teletskoye at a distance of about 500 meters from the shore. Eyewitnesses were unable to come to the scene of the incident on a boat to help - there was a strong wave.

Mikhail Khozyaykin

Updated from 11.18:

Gleb Vorevodin, one of the passengers of the Robinson-66 helicopter that crashed into Lake Teletskoye on the eve of the ill-fated flight, published two photographs from the Altai Mountains on his VK page. And in the photo that appeared on the night of February 12, the base jumper said that this was “Teletskoye Lake. Altai".

Updated from 11.40:

February 13 to the shore of Lake Teletskoye. According to media reports, this is the body of Elena Rakitskaya, the pilot’s wife.

Updated from 11.50:

Co-founder and chief pilot of the Aviamarket company, the pilot who was the first in the world to test the Robinson R66 helicopter in the North Pole; world famous base jumper; Deputy General Director of Europe's largest multifunctional helicopter complex Heliport Moscow - r, about those who were on board the crashed helicopter.

Mikhail Khozyaykin

Updated from 11.53:

Updated from 15.22:

Updated from 16.33:

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has created a special commission to investigate the causes of the Robinson helicopter crash in Altai.

Updated from 17.05:

The Transport Investigative Committee confirms that experts are currently considering three main versions of the plane crash: aircraft malfunction, pilot error and unfavorable weather conditions. The RG department said that the ship was probably caught in a strong side wind. Moreover, on the ill-fated night Teletskoye was very stormy.

Updated from 10/17:

The Interstate Aviation Committee formed a commission to investigate this accident. The commission has begun its work, according to the committee’s website.

Updated from 17.13:

The head of the Turochaksky district, Vladislav Ryabchenko, confirmed to Interfax-Siberia that employees of the Altai Biosphere Reserve found the body of one of the passengers of the crashed helicopter off the coast in the morning. “The body of passenger Elena Rakitskaya has been found. Employees of the biosphere reserve found him in the morning, while inspecting the territory - his body washed ashore. The place where the helicopter crashed has not yet been found,” he told reporters.

Updated from 19.45:

Site sources suggested that 76-year-old Grigory Alifanov, well-known in the Altai Republic, should have been on board the crashed helicopter. He is called "master Koksha". Many tourists who visited the Altai Republic are familiar with the work of Grigory Grigorievich - he paints pictures about the Altai Mountains.

Updated from 20.03:

As of 6 p.m., almost all planned activities to search for the helicopter that crashed into Lake Teletskoye with Anatoly Bannykh on board have been completed. During the day, experts examined the site of the alleged crash from the air. “At 17.35, a board of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived with the Falcon underwater remote-controlled complex. Events are planned for tomorrow. The plan has practically been formed,” noted the head of the regional emergency department.

Updated from 21.05:

By the evening of February 13, a hovercraft, a pressure chamber and a deep-sea Falcon submersible arrived at the rescuers on Lake Teletskoye. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia reported that at the moment specialists are planning activities for tomorrow, taking into account the arriving equipment.

The 14th of February

Updated from 08.54:

Updated from 14.07:

Users of social networks drew attention to a video from 2014 in which the pilot. The footage also shows the Kokshi cordon, over which a helicopter crashed on February 12, 2017. The video was made in February 2014 (published on YouTube in May 2014). At the 20th second, Dmitry Rakitsky appears in the frame - in a red jacket and spotted pants. He sits at the controls of one of the two helicopters from which the filming is taking place. The video is accompanied by a menacing soundtrack.

Updated from 14.40:

New details related to the helicopter crash have become known. Firstly, as a source familiar with the situation told the site, it became more or less clear about the route the helicopter was taking. The car was fully refueled in the village of Iogach (probably the flight was planned for the next daylight hours). From Yogach the helicopter headed to the Samysh base, where it picked up guests vacationing there. The helicopter was supposed to return from Kokshi back to Samysh. Secondly, the body found on the shore of the lake, presumably belonging to one of the helicopter passengers, was severely mutilated. Presumably, the girl was thrown out of the helicopter when the R 66 hit the water.

Updated from 15.16:

The editors of the site answer questions that arise from readers: what is happening now on Lake Teletskoye, what is the status of the people flying on the helicopter, whether this flight was authorized, what was discovered, etc. In short:

• preparations are underway for deep-sea work,
• people are listed as missing,
• mutilated remains were discovered (presumably they belong to one of the helicopter passengers),
• and yes, the flight was not authorized.

Updated from 16.10:

The Robinson helicopter that crashed in Altai could have collided with a snow charge. Snow charges are short-term, intense rainfall in the form of snow or snow pellets from cumulonimbus clouds, accompanied by squally winds. At the same time, a source in the transport supervision services of the region told Interfax that “there were no complaints about the technical condition of the helicopter before departure, the ship was released in 2013 and had all the necessary certificates.”

February, 15

Updated from 07.38:

According to the source altapress.ru, the remains of a crashed helicopter were found in Lake Teletskoye. They are apparently carried away by internal currents (firstly, on the day of the crash there was a storm on the lake, and secondly, during the days of search work in Teletskoye, surface waves made it difficult to examine the accident).

Updated from 12.18:

It turned out that Anatoly Bannykh did not want to fly from the Kokshi cordon in bad weather, but one of the helicopter passengers insisted on this. An employee of the Altai Biosphere Reserve, Sergei Usik, said that the Robinson R-66 was flying from the direction of Khakassia and was heading to the Samysh base. However, due to bad weather, the pilot decided to land at the Kokshi cordon and assess the situation. While the helicopter passengers were drinking tea at the cordon, the weather did not improve. However, one of the passengers insisted on continuing the flight. According to Usik, Anatoly Bannykh was categorically against the flight and offered to spend the night in Kokshi. However, the woman insisted on flying out. The pilot agreed.

Updated from 15.19:

16 kilometers from the Kokshi cordon, AltaiAvia specialists discovered 4 red covers for propellers and a red engine and fasteners. Aerovisual surveillance continues, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Armenia.

Updated from 15.52:

Experts call the fact that the body of one of the Robinson passengers was discovered on the very first day a rare case. The woman was wearing a down jacket, which, when wet, acted as an inflatable pillow and kept her on the surface. The body was washed ashore by the wind and caught on rocks, the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Updated from 18.40:

An investigator from the West Siberian Investigative Committee on Transport of the Investigative Committee examined the parts of the helicopter found in Lake Teletskoye and clarified which elements were found. .