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A 9K38 Igla launcher and missile. On 19 August 2002, Chechen separatist fighters launched a Russian-made 9K38 Igla shoulder-fired, heat-seeking surface-to-air missile which hit an overloaded Mil Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter of the 487th Separate Helicopter Regiment, causing it to crash-land and burn at Khankala military air base near Chechnya's capital city of Grozny.
A Mexican Air Force Mil Mi-26 being loaded at Santa Lucía Air Force Base, Mexico. On 19 August 2002, Chechen separatists hit an overloaded Mi-26 with a surface-to-air missile, causing it to crash-land in a minefield, killing 127 of the people on board – the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. [21]
No. 126 Helicopter Flight (Featherweights) is a helicopter squadron and is equipped with Mil Mi-26 and based at Chandigarh Air Force Station. [1] It received the first four Boeing CH-47 Chinook in service on 25 March 2019. [2]
The incident is the largest officially acknowledged loss of life for federal troops in Chechnya in 2007 and the worst Russian military aircraft disaster since August 2002, when an enormous Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter packed with troops crashed into a minefield after being hit by a missile, killing 127 soldiers.
26 June – A Colombian Army Mil Mi-17 crashes in mountainous terrain 180 km north-west of Bogota, killing all 17 passengers on board. 6 July 2016 – Prototype Bell 525 Relentless crashes near Italy, Texas , destroying the prototype Bell 525 Relentless helicopter and killing the two occupants.
1975 Kjalarnes helicopter crash; 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes; 1984 Joateca Bell UH-1 bombing; 1991 Vallejo helicopter crash; 1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash; 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash; CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241; 2017 Medford, New Jersey, helicopter crash; 2018 New York City helicopter crash
The video comes as officials say they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 victims from the crash close to Reagan National Airport near Washington DC. Crews comb through US army helicopter ...
A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashed at Chapar Feroze Khel near Peshawar, Pakistan due to a technical fault resulting in 26 fatalities. [234] 3 July A Belgian Air Component Piper L-21B Super Cub crashes on take-off at Goetsenhoven Military Airfield, Flanders, Belgium killing the 2 crew. The aircraft which was used as a glider-tug ...