Seymchan (urban-type settlement)
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Seymchan (Russian: Сеймчан) is an urban-type settlement in the Magadan Oblast in the Russian Far East. It is the administrative center of the Srednekansky District.
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[edit] Local geography
The settlement lies on the Seymchan River near where it joins the Kolyma River, about 350 km north of Magadan, at coordinates: Coordinates: .
The settlement had a population of 9,963 in the 1989 Census, but only 3,725 in 2002 Census. It is a regional food processing and timber industry center. It is connected by road with Magadan through a Kolyma Highway spur.
The nearby selo Kolymskoye, located 5 km southeast of Seymchan, functions as an inland port on the Kolyma River. Seymchan Airport is located half-way between the two settlements, with a mile-long (1620 m) paved RWY 18/36. During World War II the airport was used to distribute American Lend-Lease war material to production facilities within the Soviet Union.
[edit] 2007 Mi-8 helicopter crash
Commercial flights from Seymchan to nearby remote areas using the local forest fire protection service's Mi-8 helicopters are routine. On 15 September 2007 one such flight crashed on the Suruktash mountain while on its way to deliver paying passengers to the vicinity of the Burgali river. 6 people died, and one, the craft's commander, survived with severe burns. The wreck and the survivor were spotted by another Mi-8, and the victim was flown to Seymchan for transport to a hospital.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Missing Mi-8 crashed in Magadan region, six die", ITAR-TASS News Agency, 16 September 2007. Accessed 2007-09-16.
