The Interstate Aviation Committee has formed a commission to investigate the helicopter crash in Irkutsk Region, in which Governor Igor Esipovsky died. The commission includes representatives of several agencies, and it is headed by Honored Pilot of Russia Georgy Yachmenev. The article also gives details of the tragedy, the Bell 427 helicopter was found 90 kilometers southeast of Irkutsk, and everyone on board died.
The Interstate Aviation Committee has established a commission to investigate the plane crash in which Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Esipovsky was killed."To investigate the causes of the aviation incident in the Irkutsk Region, a commission has been established at the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) in coordination with the Russian Ministry of Transport," Russian Transport Ministry aide Svetlana Kryshtanovskaya told RIA Novosti.
The commission is headed by the head of an IAC department, Honored Pilot of Russia Georgy Yachmenev.
The commission includes representatives of Rosaviatsia, Rosaeronavigatsia, Rostransnadzor, and other agencies.
The helicopter crash that killed Irkutsk Region Governor Igor Esipovsky occurred during a flight from the Lake Baikal area to Irkutsk, the Irkutsk Region administration said on Sunday.
As Irina Andrianova, head of the information and public relations department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, told RIA Novosti, the BEL-427 helicopter was found on Sunday at around 12:20 Moscow time 90 kilometers southeast of Irkutsk. In addition to the governor, there were four other people on board. All of them died.
Meanwhile, a source in the region's law enforcement agencies told the agency that, presumably, the governor's personal bodyguard and the First Deputy Chairman of the Irkutsk Region government, Mikhail Shtonda, were in the helicopter.