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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]
16 July – Sikorsky S-76A G-BJVX of Bristow Helicopters crashes into the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk following the loss of its rotor head in flight. All 11 people on board are killed. 19 August – A Mil Mi-26 of the Russian Air Force is shot down by Chechen separatists and crashes at Khankala, Chechnya. 127 people are killed.
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
New footage capture by airport security cameras shows the moment an American Airlines Flight and army helicopter collide near Reagan National Airport. American Eagle flight 5342 – carrying 64 ...
On 3 June 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Lungi, Sierra Leone, killing all 22 people on board. [62] On 7 April 2013, a Mil Mi-8PS helicopter crashed in Loreto, Peru, killing all 13 people on board. [63] On 2 July 2013, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Deputatsky, Sakha Republic, Russia, killing 24 of the 28 people on board. [64]
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.