A memorial service for those killed in the plane crash pilots of the plane Il-76 EMERCOM of Russia was held in Zhukovsky near Moscow, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
According to the administration of Zhukovsky, to say goodbye with the pilots came thousands of people.
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People with carnations began to gather near the House of culture for another half hour before the memorial service, which was to be held from 10.00 to 11.00 GMT. Due to the large number of mourners, the funeral service was extended to 12.00. A memorial service was visited by one of the founders of EMERCOM of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Yuri Vorobiev.
In the hall of culture stood ten zinc coffins with photos of the pilots. After the memorial service they were carried out of the building under a funeral March and loaded into the funeral cortege. According to the tradition of farewell to the pilots, flew Yak-40 as the emergency vehicles drove by with siren.
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On Wednesday Bykovsky memorial cemetery in Zhukovsky will be buried airborne radio operator Igor Murfin and on-Board operator Sergey Makarov. Thursday at the suburban chkalauski will say goodbye to the commander of the Il-76 Leonid Filin and Navigator Georgi Petrov, as well as with the on-Board engineer Viktor Kuznetsov. In Zelenograd — aviation technician Vadim Zhdanov, at the Vnukovo airport — with the second pilot silt-76 Alexei Lebedev, in Lukhovitsy — with on-Board operator Sergey Nosovym. Also on Thursday in Volgograd buried on-Board operator Marat Khadaev. Aviation technology Andrew Maslanova buried in suburban Ramenskoye.
The plane Il-76 EMERCOM of Russia, which was busy in extinguishing massive wildfires in Irkutsk region, at 06.30 GMT on 1 July has not been in contact. A ground group of rescuers found the crashed Il-76 to the South of the village Fishing Station on the slope of one of the hills. Found the remains of all ten crew members.
The crew of the crashed in the Irkutsk region of the Il-76 will be awarded posthumously
The lost crew of the plane Il-76 EMERCOM of Russia, crashed in the Irkutsk region during the forest fires, will be presented to the state awards, said the head EMERCOM of Russia Vladimir Puchkov.
“The crew demonstrated their professionalism, courage and dedication, doing his duty to protect settlements from fires,” — he said at a meeting with Siberian pilots of air rescue center of EMERCOM.
According to the Minister, he reported to the President of Russia, and the government. “We will prepare a presentation about awarding of the crew of Il-76 to the state awards”, — said the head EMERCOM of Russia.
The main group of the MOE completed work on a place of falling silt-76 near Irkutsk
He noted that this is a very professional crew. “They worked in extremely difficult conditions. It is very important that they did their duty,” said the Minister.
He said that the pilots had very good attitude, they worked out all the routes and knew all the nuances.
The Il-76 aircraft, which was engaged in fighting large-scale wildfires, at 06.30 GMT on 1 July has not been in contact. A ground group of rescuers found the crashed Il-76 to the South of the village Fishing Station on the slope of one of the hills. Found the remains of all ten crew members.
