Search for missing Russian helicopter with 22 aboard

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Search for missing Russian helicopter with 22 aboard

More than 60 people are battling heavy winds and rains searching for a Russian helicopter with 22 aboard missing in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, the emergencies ministry says.

Seven groups of emergency rescuers, rangers and volunteers were dispatched on Sunday to try to locate the Mi-8T helicopter that took off from a base near the Vachkazhets volcano on Saturday, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

The Kamchatka Peninsula, some 7100km east of Moscow, has been hit by a cyclone, with rain expected to ease slightly towards the end of Sunday, the ministry and the region’s meteorology services said on Telegram.

“The search has not yielded any results so far,” Russia’s RIA state news agency reported, citing Sergei Lebedev, the emergency minister for the Kamchatka region.

“The road is extremely difficult.

“It is possible to move by foot only.”

He said the slopes of the mountain range in the search area were covered with dwarf pine and trees, making it impossible to use equipment.

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