When the tourists’ catamaran capsized in rough waters, only three made it to land. Immediately after receiving a signal for help, a Russian Emergencies Ministry Mi-8 with rescuers on board took off from Irkutsk towards the Snezhnaya River area.
Of the eight people in the group, two tourists independently reached the designated point on a catamaran. Two more people were found the day before from a helicopter and evacuated by Mi-8 to the village of Novosnezhnaya, Irkutsk region.
“The search from the air was carried out in difficult weather conditions: thick clouds, a lot of fog and rain. The tourists spent the night in the mountains and were very happy with the rescuers, their condition is satisfactory,” the Emergency Situations Ministry said. .
Two more were found by volunteer rescuers at the confluence of the Selenginka and Snezhnaya rivers.
The search for the two remaining missing, a man and a woman, continued in the difficult mountainous terrain since the beginning of the Siberian light day, while it was night in Moscow. As a result of the operation, during the study of the Snezhnaya River from the air, during aerial reconnaissance, the seventh member of the group was found.
“The search for the eighth tourist by air, water and land continues.” -he reported today in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.
