The UK began checking after the Mi-2 helicopter crash in Udmurtia

 Investigators have begun checking the emergency landing of the Mi-2 helicopter near Izhevsk, according to the website of the Central Interregional Investigative Department for Transport of the UK.

The Mi-2 helicopter of the Kazan Aviation Enterprise made a hard landing near Izhevsk at about 14:00 Moscow time, two hours after departure from the city airfield. He was flying around an oil pipeline, there were two people on board. Before the loss of communication, the commander of the vessel reported an emergency situation.

The helicopter crew managed to report the incident to the rescue service itself, Chairman of the Government of the Republic Yaroslav Semenov told RBC.

A ground group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with two snowmobiles headed to the emergency landing site, according to the page of the regional department of the department in VKontakte. An Mi-8 plane with a parachute landing group took off from Perm. The helicopter is also being searched for by unmanned aviation systems of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 60 people and more than 20 pieces of equipment. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the pilots continue to get in touch.