VLADIVOSTOK, July 22 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Rescuers on Monday found the Robinson helicopter that went missing last Friday in Yakutia, in Russia's Far East, according to a local media report cited by Xinhua.
The pilot and three passengers onboard were dead, Russia's TASS News Agency quoted the press service of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office as saying.
"According to the information received from the head of the Sakha (Yakutia) branch of the Federal Air Transport Agency, the Robinson helicopter was found completely destroyed during search and rescue operations. The bodies of the pilot and three passengers were found," said the report.
Adverse weather conditions severely hampered rescue efforts from last Friday to Sunday. On Monday morning, a Mi-8 helicopter in the Aldan District of Yakutia discovered the wreckage on a mountainside.
The Aviation Space Search and Rescue Centre detected that the emergency beacon from the Robinson R44 II helicopter was activated in Yakutia last Friday, the report stated.
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