According to the decree of the government, July 30, 2022 was announced as a day of mourning in Georgia. In honor of the crew members, rescuers and doctors who died as a result of the crash of the Border Police helicopter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gudauri, state flags are lowered on all the administrative buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the entire territory of Georgia.
The helicopter belonging to the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the help of which the rescue operation of the paragliders who fell in Gudauri was carried out, lost control and crashed yesterday. As a result all eight people in the helicopter died.
Rescue and search operations continued for several hours at the scene of the accident. At the moment, the bodies of those who died as a result of the tragedy have been taken out.