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As per the decree of the President of Ukraine ? 1-1/1664 dated 02.08.2010 and the decision of the Ministry of Emergency of Ukraine ? 08-10556/26 dated 06.08.2010 for the implementation of the Agreement between Ukrainian and Russian Federation governments regarding the cooperation in preventing the industrial accidents, catastrophes, natural disasters and mitigation of their consequences dated 23.04.2010, the helicopter of aviation company ?Ukrainian helicopters? Mi-8 MTV carried out a positioning flight on 07.08.2010 to Grabtsevo airdrome, Kaluzhskaya oblast, Russian Federation for performing the air operations on fighting the large scale forest fires.

Upon arrival the aircraft crew members studied the air navigational situation in the region of tasking and as of 10.10.2010 the helicopter already had 14 flight hours. 92 water drops with total volume of 257 000 litres have been made over the fires using the Helicopter Bucket -5. Each of such water drops with 2800 litres capacity helibucket allows to cover the fire region of 1050 square m.

The crew tasking is coordinated directly by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations representatives in Kaluzhskaya oblast who also provide the crew with whatever is necessary for efficient work performance.

The aerial work on the fire fighting is carried out by the crew under pilot-in-command Nozdrin Sergei Vasylevich who possesses a vast experience of extinguishing the forest fires in Portugal and Turkey.

On its part the aviation company ?Ukrainian helicopters? management takes all possible measures to ensure that the operations on the fire fighting are not disrupted for any reason. The communication with the crew is established and constantly maintained.

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