In Karelia, three teenagers are being searched from the air using drones and from the water using sonar. Their boat capsized on Lake Ladoga. Two more managed to escape. The tragedy happened exactly a year after children also died in Karelia, on Syamozero. Due to non-compliance with water safety rules. The current story, unfortunately, has something in common.

In photographs from social networks, those same five teenagers - four young men and a girl - are in the same boat yesterday, a few hours before the tragedy. At night, rescuers will find the motorboat in the lake. The nearest shore is 500 meters away. The distance did not seem to be very large, but taking into account the fact that in the evening there were meter-long waves across Ladoga, wind gusts reached 15 meters per second, and the water temperature did not exceed only 12 degrees, it was almost impossible to get out - it was almost impossible to stay afloat.

“Despite the worsening weather conditions, search work continues. We hope to still see the three missing young people alive. A jacket was found, an oar was found, a boat was found,” said Sergei Shugaev, head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for Karelia.

The nights in Karelia are now as bright as day - white nights. In the quiet narrow bay near the village of Impelahti there were no signs of trouble. The storm began when the boat entered the waters of Ladoga, a wave capsized the side. Two boys, 16 and 17 years old, Igor and Andrey, were able to get out of the water. They raised the alarm. The father of one of the survivors says: once overboard, the teenagers tried to save each other, but the waves scattered everyone in different directions in an instant.

“Igor swam out and ran to the fishermen, and Andrei at that time tried to save the girl. It was far from the shore, the water was very cold,” said the victim’s father, Yuri Zhiltsov.

Andrei’s father did not know that his son would go on a boat trip with friends - the talk was that a group of friends from the city of Sortavala would gather at the dacha to celebrate Nicole’s 16th birthday. But as it turns out now, the company had planned a holiday on the island in advance.

“Yesterday it was Nicole’s birthday, and they went to celebrate at the dacha, went to the boy Igor Danilovich for two days. Roma asked me for a sleeping bag so that he could go here a couple of days ago,” said Ksenia Romanova, a classmate of one of the guys.

Friends who were not invited to the birthday party knew about the upcoming hike and saw that the weather was changing every day. They themselves did not believe that the young people decided to go out into the lake. After all, they all grew up in Karelia - since childhood they sailed, and on that same boat, and they know how treacherous the local waters are, the storm begins suddenly.

“This is the place where the tragedy occurred, this is still the so-called open Ladoga. On this day, there were strong gusts of wind, which may have contributed to the excitement in Lake Ladoga,” said the head of the city of Sortavala, Sergei Krupin.

And the safety precautions - getting into a boat only in life jackets - is known to everyone. Here in the photo taken last year, Igor - one of those who managed to get out - is wearing a vest. Yesterday, judging by the photo, teenagers went into the lake without rescue equipment.

“The wind has been crazy for two days. I don’t know how it was possible to get on the boat in such weather - sometimes it’s raining, sometimes the sun is shining,” says Ksenia.

By a fateful coincidence, this emergency on Ladoga occurred on the anniversary of the tragedy on Syamozero, which is also located in Karelia. Then , whom the adults, despite the weather, sent in a canoe to the islands. After that incident in Karelia, and throughout the country, children's camps were subjected to the most severe inspections. It seemed that no one would ever think of risking someone else’s or even their own lives on the water in bad weather.

Three of the boat that capsized the day before remain missing. Therefore, the search and rescue operation continues.

In Karelia, in the Impilahti Bay of Lake Ladoga, a boat in which there were five teenagers - four young men and a girl - capsized due to a storm. According to representatives of local authorities, the girl died, two young men managed to escape. The Ministry of Emergency Situations has not yet confirmed the death of the girl, the fate of the other two teenagers is unknown - rescuers continue the search.

RIA Novosti Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Karelia

A boat with five teenagers capsized as a result of a storm in the Impilahti Bay of Lake Ladoga in Karelia. It contained four boys and a girl aged 15-16 years. According to preliminary data, two children managed to escape, while rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are looking for the other three. At the same time, local authorities report that the girl died.

“There were children aged 15-16 years, four boys and a girl, the girl died before their eyes,” Zhanna Sharets, head of the administration of the Impilakhtinsky rural settlement, told TASS.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations, however, has not yet confirmed this information. “Search work is underway, the bodies of the children have not been found, there is hope that they are alive,” the agency quotes a representative of the regional administration.

On this moment Rescuers found the boat, which was taken to shore. "During rescue operation The boat was found and taken to shore,” the press service of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Volunteers and helicopters

The acting head of Karelia, Artur Parfenchikov, has already arrived at the scene, as well as inspectors from the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels (GIMS), employees of the Karelian search service, representatives of the Investigative Committee and volunteers.

“In Karelia, investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee are working at the scene of an incident on Lake Ladoga, where a boat with minors capsized,” says a message received by RT.

In total, more than 120 people are involved in the search for the missing. “In addition to the scene of the incident, an operational group of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Karelia, an airmobile group of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Karelia, a group of the police department for the Pitkyaranta region (123 people, 27 units of equipment)”, is specified on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In addition, the Mi-8 helicopter from the department’s northwestern regional aviation rescue center is preparing to fly to the site.

Not from the camp

It is reported that the children who got out on the boat live in the city of Sortavala. One of the teenagers came to visit his grandmother at the dacha.

“The teenagers went fishing, the storm was strong, the boat capsized,” Sharets noted.

At the same time, in her commentary she refers to the words of surviving children. The fact that the teenagers were not from the camp is confirmed by a source in the emergency services: “They did not come to some camp, they came, according to our information, to relax with their grandmother. This is definitely not organized group children."

The young men who managed to swim are currently under the supervision of emergency doctors. The issue of their hospitalization is being decided.

The parents of the teenagers have already been interviewed and are also going to the scene. “The parents of the children injured on the lake have been interviewed and are now going to the scene of the tragedy,” Leonid Gulevich, head of the Sortavala district, told TASS.

It is noted that the search for the missing will continue at night. Moreover, the wind had already died down and the waves on the lake had calmed down.

Like a year ago

The emergency on Ladoga occurred almost exactly a year after the tragedy on Syamozero, when children from the Park-Hotel Syamozero camp went with instructors for a walk along the reservoir in a canoe and raft. However, they were caught in a storm, which carried the two boats out into open water, where they capsized and the raft washed up on one of the islands.

The group then consisted of 51 people, four of them were adult accompanying people. 14 children died. At the same time, such a number of victims could have been avoided if not for paramedic Irina Shcherbakova, who did not believe the call from the surviving children. As a result of the investigation, she was sentenced to three years in a penal colony with a deferred sentence until her daughter’s 14th birthday.

In addition to her, the director of the camp, Elena Reshetova, and the head of the complex, Vadim Vinogradov, are also in custody. The Moscow Arbitration Court recovered 22.6 million rubles from the Syamozero Park Hotel.

Former head of the Karelian department of Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko, ex-instructor Valery Krupoderschikov, and acting head of the Rospotrebnadzor department for Karelia Lyudmila Kotovich were given a written undertaking not to leave.

The camp where the children were resting was closed, and a worship cross was erected in memory of the victims. After those events, the State Duma prepared and adopted a bill on organizing children's recreation in Russia. In particular, it proposed to develop and approve professional standards so that unprepared people would not be allowed to work with children, and also clarified the concept of “organizing children’s recreation and their health.”

In addition, the law specified the powers of federal and regional executive authorities and local governments in terms of children's recreation, including ensuring safety. The document was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A boat with five teenagers capsized as a result of a storm in Impilahti Bay in the north of Lake Ladoga in Karelia. In the boat there were four young men and a girl aged 16-18 years. Two of them managed to get ashore on their own - they were hospitalized; rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are searching for the rest. According to some reports, the girl died, but the Ministry of Emergency Situations has not yet confirmed this information.

“Search work is underway, the bodies of the children have not been found, there is hope that they are alive,” TASS quotes a representative of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

It is reported that all the victims were local residents who were vacationing on the lake. They went fishing in inclement weather without life jackets.

During the first hours of the search, rescuers found a boat, which was taken to shore. The search and rescue operation did not stop for a minute and was made easier by the fact that the storm on the lake had subsided, and there were now white nights in Karelia. Exploration work is carried out at a water temperature of about 5 °C.

Volunteers and helicopters

At the scene of the incident are the acting head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov, as well as inspectors from the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels (GIMS), employees of the Karelian Republican Search and Rescue Service, representatives of the Investigative Committee and volunteers.

“In Karelia, investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee are working at the scene of an incident on Lake Ladoga, where a boat with minors capsized,” says a message received by RT.

The rescue group on Lake Ladoga consists of more than 250 people, over 50 pieces of equipment are involved, including two helicopters from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Also involved in the operation were diving teams from the specialized fire and rescue unit and the Karelian search and rescue service, employees of the Karelian search service and volunteers.

“As of 4 o’clock on June 20, 2017, the total group of search and rescue forces and equipment on Lake Ladoga is 258 people and 55 pieces of equipment. Work is being carried out in the suspected place where the boat capsized, and the coast is also being examined,” according to the website of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Not from the camp

It is reported that the children who were on the boat live in the city of Sortavala. One of the teenagers came to visit his grandmother at the dacha.

“The teenagers went fishing, the storm was strong, the boat capsized,” noted Zhanna Sharets, head of the administration of the Impilakhtinsky rural settlement.

At the same time, in her commentary she refers to the words of surviving children. The fact that the teenagers were not from the camp is confirmed by a source in the emergency services: “They did not come to some camp, they came, according to our information, to relax with their grandmother. This is definitely not an organized group of children.”

The young men who managed to swim are currently under the supervision of emergency doctors. The issue of their hospitalization is being decided.

The parents of the teenagers have already been interviewed and are also going to the scene. “The parents of the children injured on the lake have been interviewed and are now going to the scene of the tragedy,” Leonid Gulevich, head of the Sortavala district, told TASS.

Like a year ago

The emergency on Ladoga occurred almost exactly a year after the tragedy on Syamozero, when children from the Park-Hotel Syamozero camp went with instructors for a walk along the reservoir in a canoe and raft. However, they were caught in a storm, which carried the two boats out into open water, where they capsized and the raft washed up on one of the islands.

The group then consisted of 51 people, four of them were adult accompanying people. 14 children died. Such a number of victims could have been avoided if not for paramedic Irina Shcherbakova, who did not believe the children who reached her. As a result of the investigation, she was sentenced to three years in a penal colony with a deferred sentence until her daughter’s 14th birthday.

In addition to her, the director of the camp, Elena Reshetova, and the head of the complex, Vadim Vinogradov, are also in custody. The Moscow Arbitration Court recovered 22.6 million rubles from the Syamozero Park Hotel.

Former head of the Karelian department of Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko, ex-instructor Valery Krupoderschikov, and acting head of the Rospotrebnadzor department for Karelia Lyudmila Kotovich were given a written undertaking not to leave.

The camp where the children were resting was closed, and a worship cross was erected in memory of the victims. After those events, the State Duma prepared and adopted a bill on organizing children's recreation in Russia. In particular, it proposed to develop and approve professional standards so that unprepared people would not be allowed to work with children, and also clarified the concept of “organizing children’s recreation and their health.”

In addition, the law specified the powers of federal and regional executive authorities and local governments in terms of children's recreation, including ensuring safety. The document was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Two of the five teenagers managed to reach the shore on their own. More than 200 people are involved in the search and rescue operation. Doctors deny information that the children were intoxicated

Search and rescue operations on Lake Ladoga. Photo: Press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia/TASS

Updated 12:00

The possible cause of the tragedy on Lake Ladoga has been established. As the Mash Telegram channel reports, Igor D., while driving a motor boat, turned the boat too sharply and was capsized by a wave. Five teenagers ended up in the water.

Igor himself and 17-year-old Andrei Zh. swam to the shore and were able to call for help. Rescuers and divers are now looking for the girl Nicole and two other boys.

According to Mash, on the evening of June 19, five teenagers celebrated the birthday of 16-year-old Nicole. The father of the surviving child denies the information that the children had alcohol. Yuri Zhiltsov told Ren TV about this:

“The children went camping this morning. In the evening I was informed about what had happened. As far as I knew, they were just going on a hike. They didn’t celebrate anything with alcohol in order to relieve all sorts of turmoil, which they are already writing on the Internet that they were celebrating a birthday. No, they are completely sober, they did blood tests, there is no alcohol. The boat capsized, they tried to escape, realized that they could not escape, and began to try to swim out. 70 meters, maybe more. One immediately swam to the shore, the son stayed behind, tried to save the girl, began to swim up to her and saw that she was no longer there. According to him, before his eyes, before he could swim to the girl, she sank to the bottom. They saw that the other two swam to the shore, but when they swam ashore, they did not find them.”

The two rescued teenagers are in moderate condition. Their lives are not in danger, press secretary of the head of the region Marina Kabatyuk told RIA Novosti. Psychologists work with them. A general diagnosis was made - hypothermia. Earlier it was reported that two teenagers were sent to the Sortavala Central Hospital.

In total, there were five teenagers aged 15-17 years old in the motor boat - four boys and a girl. The fate of three of them is unknown. Search and rescue efforts continue. They may be complicated by weather conditions - winds of 8-9 meters per second are expected. As weather forecasters say, in such cases the wave height is about half a meter.

On the day when the emergency happened, there was also a strong wind and it was impossible to go out into open Ladoga, Zhanna Sharets, the head of the Impilakhtinsky rural settlement where the tragedy occurred, told Business FM.

Zhanna Sharets head of the Impilakhtinsky rural settlement“More than 200 people are involved in the search and rescue operation. Yesterday there was information that the girl had a birthday, but I asked the doctors - the children were sober. Of course, they will still take samples, but alcohol appearance did not have. They came from Sortavala to Sumeria, to visit their grandmother in the village, went fishing along the river that goes to Ladoga, and went into open Ladoga, but lost control. Yesterday there was bad weather, a very strong wind around lunchtime, so I think it was impossible to go out into open Ladoga.”

As experts say, the water temperature on Ladoga is now at 13 degrees: in such conditions a person can survive for no more than two to three hours. Is it possible to take some measures to prevent such emergencies from happening?

Arseny Avdyukov curator of distance learning for the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels (GIMS)“The spaces are large; it is hardly possible to assign a GIMS inspector to every boat that comes out. I think that the only way to prevent such incidents is control in the areas where small vessels are based. In general, this is included in the regulations; GIMS must monitor the mooring areas of boats. Before setting sail, the boat must inform where it is going, how many people are on board, and only after that go somewhere. If no one warned anyone, nothing can be done about it. Many people store boats not only in yacht clubs, but also on their own plots or simply on the shore in hangars. In Ladoga, the weather conditions change quite quickly, especially if you don’t pay close attention to the weather: it looks like the sun is shining, a black cloud was gathering on the horizon - in a couple of hours there will be a good wind. If the height of the wave is equal to the width of the boat, then capsizing is inevitable if the wave hits the side. If the boat is also moving on planing, then capsizing is quite possible. As I understand it, the punishment will be for causing death by negligence, the same as if you hit someone with a car. Not all boats require a license. If the total weight of the boat is less than 200 kilograms and the engine power is less than 8 kilowatts, then it does not need to be registered and a license is not required for such a boat. GIMS inspectors are obliged to ensure safety in the area of ​​their supervision, even if you go on a raft. They should come over, make sure you have life jackets and are wearing them, and that there are no dangerous weather conditions ahead. If they are, you should be warned or advised not to go too far from the shore. But there are few inspectors, and besides, if I’m not mistaken, Sunday and Monday are days off.”

Currently, 264 people and 55 pieces of equipment are involved in search and rescue operations. A criminal case has been opened regarding the emergency on Lake Ladoga in Karelia.

The area of ​​the lake without islands is about 189 thousand square kilometers, the depth is uneven - from 20 meters to 230 meters.

A year ago, on June 19, a storm on Syamozero in Karelia killed 14 children and one adult who were on a hiking trip.