At the Sea Breeze exercises, one of the parachutists disappeared after the jump - he was found in the sea only two hours later. About this сообщает State border service on Saturday, July 10.
During the practice of parachuting from a helicopter to Zmeiny Island, a sharp gust of wind blew one of the parachutists to a great distance from the island. The paratrooper was forced to descend into the sea.
Sea Breeze scientists threw all the forces of the sea and air component at the search for it. In particular, the Grif project boat of the Izmailsky detachment of the Sea Guard arrived in the search area, which found the parachutist in the open sea at a distance of more than one and a half kilometers to the south of Zmeino.
The paratrooper was kept afloat for more than two hours by special means of rescue, with which he was equipped before the jump. Ego was safely saved.
