Report:
Rescuers from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry have discovered the fuselage of a Ka-32 helicopter that crashed near Mount Fisht near Sochi on Thursday.
"The main part of the fuselage was found at the bottom of a 100 to 120 meter deep crevice near Krasnaya Skala on Mount Fisht. The fuselage is completely destroyed. As the fuselage is lying deep in the crevice, a team of climbers are preparing to descend there," Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said on Friday.
The fates of the crew and passengers are still unclear.
The Ka-32 helicopter belonged to PANKH airline from Krasnodar, and was being used in the construction of a cableway near Mount Fisht. The Ka-32 flew from Solokh-Aul in Sochi's Lazarevsky district towards Lunnaya Polyana on Mount Fisht at 11:20 a.m. Thursday. However, the crew did not establish contact at an agreed time of 12:30 p.m., after which the search was launched. Tentative information indicates that there were four crewmembers and five passengers aboard the helicopter.
Gateway to Russia source