On Friday, August 9 the crew of anti-IL-38 at the request of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Primorsky successfully conducted a joint search and rescue operation for the detection of a fisherman, who for about two days in a small rubber boat in the open sea.
According VestiRegion.ru the press service of the Pacific Fleet, when receiving at 17:40 the crew of the IL-38 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Nechayev took off in the designated box. At 19:20 found a small rubber boat with a man and gave the exact coordinates on board maritime rescue tug «Kaliningradian.»
After the successful completion of the search operation tugboat rescued from a fisherman to the port of Nakhodka.