As the press-service of the Chief of the military investigation Department of the investigation Committee of Russia, the evidence gathered in the military investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the Eastern military district, recognized by the court sufficient for sentencing former production master Federal state unitary enterprise «12 Aircraft repair plant» (FGUP 12 ARP») Brand Angelika Volchkova. He was found guilty of committing a crime under\’clock 3 tbsp. 266 of the criminal code (poor-quality repair of means of transport by a person responsible for the technical condition of the vehicle, which entailed on imprudence death of two and more persons). In the Saratov region when performing scheduled flight crashed helicopter MI-24П military unit 93836. As a result of catastrophe three crew members were killed, aviation equipment with total cost more than the 22.2 million rubles completely destroyed. According to expert opinion the cause of the tragedy was «fatigue arm rotation of the blades». During the preliminary investigation and in court found that, in accordance with the state contract on performance of works on repair of arms and military equipment FSUE «12 ARP» performed the overhaul of the specified helicopter. Breaking the technological process, prescribing the mandatory install a new lever of rotation of blades, Volchkov instructed installed on MI-24П were in operation item designed for MI-8 helicopter. Then introduced in the official documents is not appropriate to the validity of the record, which was one of the grounds for the release of the helicopter into operation in a technically defective condition. Given that at the stage of preliminary investigation Volchkov signed a pre-trial agreement on cooperation, guilty of the crime is fully acknowledged, actively contributed to its disclosure Zheleznodorozhny district court, Khabarovsk sentenced him to 2 years of imprisonment with serving in a colony-settlement. In addition, the court also decided to consider, in civil proceedings, claims for compensation of moral and material damages claimed by the relatives of the dead pilots, and also the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.
Ivan Severe