Upon crash of Mi-8 criminal case

is brought

Far East investigatory management of SKR on transport raised criminal upon Mi-8 helicopter crash in Khabarovsk Krai, is reported on an official site of department.

Business is raised on ч.3 by Art. 263 of the criminal code of Russian Federation: violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of the air transport, entailed on imprudence death of two and more persons.

In the present inspectors are engaged in documentation withdrawal in Vostok airline to which possessed the helicopter. At the airports fuel samples are withdrawn. To a place of crash the departure of investigatory and operative group is planned.

As it was reported earlier, carrying-out private flight the Mi-8 helicopter onboard which among passengers there were top managers of "VTB leasing", was wrecked and fell in the sea. According to all available data from, after accident 11 people, including three crew members survived. Five more people are reported missing, their searches proceed.