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Avijacyja operated under the authority of the Ministry for Emergency Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilot training takes up to 15 years and costs about $15 million for a Mi-8 helicopter and about $20 million for a Mi-26 helicopter, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian rescuers&#8217; fleet consists of 25 aircraft, mainly Russian-made ones, including eight Mi-2 helicopters used for training, six An-2 planes, five Mi-8 and two Mi-26 helicopters as well as three French AS.355 Ecureuil II helicopters, the official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, Pozirk. Ageing equipment and staff are a major challenge to the state-run Avijacyja (aviation) emergency rescue service, its head Tadevu\u0161 Kursievi\u010d told journalists yesterday. Avijacyja operated under the authority of the Ministry for Emergency Management. Pilot training takes up to 15 years and costs about $15 million for a Mi-8 helicopter and about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":64005,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-143173","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus&#039; emergency rescue service chief concerned about ageing equipment, staff | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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