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Found on Board the Mi-8 life jackets were not inflated YAROSLAVL, Nov 4 — RIA Novosti. Life jackets, which are found after the crash at Svalbard belonged to the “Konvers Avia” helicopter Mi-8, was not used, said RIA Novosti Deputy General Director of airline Dmitry Zhelyazkov. Earlier in mass media it was reported that search teams found at the crash site of the helicopter uninflated life jackets. According to Zhelyazkova, “the helicopter is supposed to be 25 vests”, they all “have negative buoyancy, i.e. drowning”. “Emergency life jackets that are used on the helicopter, inflated manually only after the passenger or crew member leaves the aircraft. They are not an automatic trigger, unlike the sea, which inflates upon contact with water… So they are manually activated. If they are not inflated, they are just not activated. Perhaps it was not thought necessary or did not have time”, — he said.

The decision about the place of decoding the “black boxes” Mi-8 will take Norway Moscow. 4 Nov. INTERFAX.RU — “Black boxes” crashed off the coast of Spitsbergen the Mi-8 helicopter on Board is raised from the water machine, the decision to place their decryption will take the Norwegian side, reported “Interfax” in the operational headquarters on liquidation of consequences of the disaster. “Flight recorders are in place on Board the helicopter. Visually, they have not received serious damage,” — said the Agency interlocutor. It is reported that the accident investigation will be carried out jointly with the Norwegian experts and specialists of the Interstate aviation Committee. “However, the decision about the place of decoding the “black boxes” is still the Norwegian side. They can pass them for decoding in the MAC in Moscow, or decrypt themselves,” he said. As previously reported, the Mi-8 helicopter was raised from the bottom of

The Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Spitsbergen, is lifted from the bottom MOSCOW, Nov 4 — RIA Novosti. The skeleton of the Mi-8 helicopter that crashed in Svalbard, raised to the surface, but the bodies were not discovered, planned raising of the tail of the helicopter, which located the flight recorders, told RIA Novosti the Russian Consul General in Barentsburg Vyacheslav Nikolaev. “Raised the skeleton of the helicopter, the bodies were not found,” — said Nikolaev. According to him, it is also planned to raise from the bottom of the Barents sea the tail of the helicopter, which located the flight data recorders. “Raised at the moment the tail or not, to tell difficult” — the diplomat said. Helicopter Mi-8 of airline “Konvers Avia”, which was carrying five crew members and three employees of the research Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic, went missing on October 26, when flying from the

The red Cross recognized the loss of $5 million in donations to fight Ebola More than five million dollars of humanitarian aid, collected in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is lost to fraud or corruption, recognized by the red cross. Auditors in the course of the investigation found purchases at inflated prices, salaries of nonexistent employees, as well as false customs account. The Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 claimed the lives of at least 10 thousand people. To combat the epidemic was organized large-scale humanitarian operation that has collected millions of dollars. While Ebola has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the international Federation of the red cross in Geneva distributed the donations between the national red cross societies in these countries, the total funding amounted to about $ 100 million. The investigation of the auditors of the red cross revealed that Liberia’s 2.7 million dollars

The NYPD is prepared to arrest Weinstein The NYPD is prepared to arrest Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on charges of rape, RIA Novosti reported. “Weinstein is now out of state. We need an arrest warrant to arrest him” — said at a press conference a police spokesman in new York. The police added that they received “reliable description” of the incident from a woman who had previously declared that became a victim of the Weinstein seven years ago. Friday producer accused of raping actress Paz de La Huerta, known for the films “enter the void” and “a walk to remember”. She said that it happened twice. It was stated that the new York police Department began an investigation into allegations of de La Huerta. In October, several dozen women have accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in sexual harassment and rape, among them Cara Delevingne, Lea seydoux and Angelina Jolie. Against