Two men who went fishing on Lake Zaisan in the East Kazakhstan Region and never returned home have been found dead a week after they disappeared. The news was reported by infohub.kz.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on September 22 two men born in 1979 and 2001 set out to fish on Lake Zaisan from the Balykshy rural district of the Kurchum district in the East Kazakhstan Region and did not return.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations deployed personnel and equipment to conduct continuous search operations. Local residents in their own boats also took part in the search.
On the first day of the search, a sunken boat was found 3–4 km from the shore.
On September 29, local residents found the body of the man born in 2001. On September 30, rescuers recovered the body of the man born in 1979 from the water.
"During the search operation, Ministry of Emergency Situations rescuers carried out 63 diving descents, surveying the shoreline and the lake's water area, including with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The search was complicated by weather conditions, strong winds and rough water on the reservoir, as well as the large area of the water zone being surveyed. This significantly hampered the work of the divers and the movement of search teams on the water," the ministry added.