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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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Mil Mi-8" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Mil Mi-8 (Russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.
Aircraft; Aircraft type: Mil Mi-8: Operator: Shree Air: Registration: 9N-AHJ: ... The helicopter involved with the accident was a Mil Mi-8 MTV 1. Crew and victims
On 2 July 2013, Polar Airlines Flight 9949, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Polar Airlines crashed near Deputatsky, an urban locality of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, with 25 passengers (including 11 children) and three crew members on board.
On 6 October 2010. a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter from the Tajik National Guard crashed in the Rasht Valley close to Ezgand and Tavildara, Tajikistan, killing all 28 people on board. The helicopter became caught in power lines and crashed while attempting to land. It was the deadliest accident in Tajik aviation since 1997. [1]
The accident investigation by the Peruvian Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes De Aviación (Aviation Accidents Investigation Commission) established that while the aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 700 metres (2,300 ft), a luggage net that was improperly placed in a rear fuselage compartment became entangled with the tail rotor's transmission shaft and control cables, causing the ...