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The following is an incomplete list of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War.It includes both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.. The general Russian aircraft losses 1999–2007 consisted of about 45 helicopters (23 Mi-8, 16 Mi-24, three Mi-26 and three others [1]) and 8 fixed-wing aircraft (two Su-24 fighter-bombers and six Su-25 ground-attack aircraft).
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 Russian Navy Kamov Kamov Ka-27 (Helix) Helicopter landing on the Baltic Fleet Frigate Yaroslav Mudryi, the main-rotor made contact with the ship superstructure, crashed on the deck and then rolled over the side into the sea. The 5 crew from the Kamov helicopter were successfully rescued from the sea.
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
Russian authorities blamed the incident on a fire and said that only one person was killed. [159] 28 March - An Su-35 crashed into the Black Sea off the coast of Sevastopol. The pilot ejected and was rescued. [160] 10 April - An Mi-24 helicopter crashed due to possible equipment failure off the Crimean coast. [161]
When the Russian military sent another armoured column on August 8, resulting in of five days of counterattacking, Russian columns lost 18 (destroyed or disabled) tanks, 69 armoured or infantry vehicles, and 23 logistics trucks. In addition, four hind attack helicopters were shot down.
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They were destroyed by Russian troops on the ground. Both helicopters were in-operational. [64] The Russian army heavily used Mi-24s in the conflict. Russian upgraded Mi-24PNs were credited for destroying 2 Georgian T-72SIM1 tanks, using guided missiles at night time, though some sources attribute those kills to Mil Mi-28. [63]