His helicopter crashed on Saturday on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Photos: east2west)
Two Russian tourists and a sports star were killed in a helicopter crash before being “dragged and bitten by rough bears.”
World junior biathlon champion Igor Malinovsky, 25, died alongside Zoya Kaygorodova, a 30-year-old businesswoman who had arranged the £ 4,250 trip, and the head of mobile phone company Sergey Kolesnyak. of 39 years.
Malinovsky was piloting the helicopter on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Siberia when it crashed on Saturday.
The trio lost communication due to bad weather, before the Robinson helicopter, called Nadezhda or Hope, caught fire, according to reports.
Rescuers found the charred remains the next day, with images showing the scene of the tragedy.
An investigation allegedly determined that their bodies were dragged and eaten by bears after the incident.
“The remains of tourists killed after the crash of a Robinson helicopter in Kamchatka were dragged by bears,” the 5TV channel said, citing local sources.
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The crash site of the Robinson helicopter (Photo: east2west) Malinovsky had recycled himself as a helicopter pilot (Photo: Igor Malinovsky / east2west) Ms. Kaygorodova was a businesswoman of about 30 years (Image: east2west) Mr. Kolesnyak was an executive of a mobile phone company (Image: east2west)
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It is believed that the plane was en route to the village of Milkovo, the house of Mr. Malinovsky.
He was a five-time junior biathlon world champion, who had recycled himself as a driver for a company run by his father Vladimir.
The causes of the accident are not yet clear, but an investigation will be made.
A statement from Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies said: “Unfortunately, none [of the three people on board] survived the accident.
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