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The Mi-8 helicopter poured sand into the exposed core of reactor 4 at Chernobyl, but radiation glow from the sun's rays blinded the pilot's vision making the crane cables difficult to see, the helicopter's blades hit the cables, and then crashed. Outcome: 4 Deaths form the Cup-2: Deaths: 4 Deaths form the Cup-2 crew of Mi-8 Incident crash. 1.
On 31 August 2024, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operating a scheduled charter flight crashed in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, killing all 22 people on board. The aircraft, which was operated by Vityaz-Aero on a sightseeing tour over the Vachkazhets [ ru ] volcano, crashed in poor weather shortly after take-off.
2010 Tajik National Guard Mi-8 crash; 2022 Gudauri helicopter crash; A. 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown; ... 2003 Polish Air Force Mil Mi-8 crash; S.
The helicopter took off at 10:45 NPT on 23 September 2006. Shortly afterwards, the helicopter was declared missing. Two days later, the wreckage of the helicopter was found south-west of Ghunsa. [4] Bad weather was assumed to have caused the crash at the beginning. [5]
On 28 September 2024, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operating a charter flight to transport oil workers for the company Mari Petroleum, crashed near the Shiwa oil field, in Waziristan, north-western Pakistan. [2] According to a security official, there were 11 local passengers and 3 Russian crew on board. Three passengers and three crew members were ...
On November 20, 1991, an Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 military helicopter, carrying a peacekeeping mission team consisting of 13 Azerbaijani government officials, two Russian and one Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, three Azerbaijani journalists and three helicopter crew was shot down amidst heavy fighting near the village of Berdashen, also known as Karakend, in Nagorno-Karabakh.
At 12:13 AM, the helicopter crashed into an elevated outcropping, completely destroying the aircraft. At 12:34, the PIC using a satellite phone called to report the crash, and that there were some survivors but many more fatalities. In total all 3 crew members and 1 passenger survived the crash. [1]
On January 9, the Armenians first claimed to have shot down an Azeri helicopter. More claims followed on January 24, 28 and 31 – all of them over Nagorno-Karabakh, the last being a Mi-8 downed from MANPADs over the village of Huha. [2] On January 31, the Azeris claimed the downings of two Mi-8s that supported the first Armenian offensive. [2]