ArmInfo.Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Vladimir Begiyan, the head of the Sochi International Airport complex shift with the medal "For Life Saving". The corresponding decree is published on the Internet portal of legal information. The award was given to Begiyan posthumously.
To recall, Vladimir Begiyan died of a heart attack on September 1, 2018 during the evacuation of passengers of the emergency plane Boeing-737-800 of the airline Utair, flying from Moscow. Utair's Boeing 737-800 arrived in Sochi on Saturday night. When landing, he rolled off the runway into the river, the wing and landing gear collapsed, the left engine caught fire. Onboard the ship were 164 passengers and 6 crew members. 18 people were injured. Vladimir Begiyan was one of the first to arrive at the accident site, he coordinated the work of the airport services and organized the evacuation of passengers. During the rescue operation, he felt bad, he died in hospital from a heart attack.