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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.
Ukraine’s military has released a video of the burning wreckage of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter on the war’s southern frontline, saying the aircraft was shot down by paratroopers. “The Russian ...
The aircraft was a 32-year-old Mil Mi-8T, registered as RA-25656 [1] [2] with serial number 99254295; it was manufactured in 1992. [1] [3] The aircraft was operated by Vityaz-Aero, [4] [5] a firm that organises flights for tourists in the area. [6] Vityaz-Aero had acquired the aircraft 11 years prior, naming it after local helicopter pilot ...
The 2001 Grozny Mil Mi-8 crash in Chechnya killed 13 Russian military personnel, mostly senior military officers including two generals.. On September 17, 2001, a surface-to-air missile fired by a special Chechen group targeting Russian commanders downed a VIP Mil Mi-8 helicopter over Grozny, killing Major-General Anatoly Pozdnyakov, member of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces ...
New video footage shows what Ukriane said it a world-first: one of its seaborne drones destroying a flying target. The clip purports to show a Ukrainian Magura V5 sea drone destroying a Russian Mi ...
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.
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 4 December 2003, a Polish Mi-8 helicopter operated by the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller crashed near Piaseczno, just outside Warsaw. [1] The pilot performed an autorotation landing in a forest following the failure of both engines. The helicopter suffered extensive damage and was written off as ...