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The Russian-built [5] Mil Mi-17 medium-lift helicopter was one of the first batch of 80 of its type built for the IAF under the terms of a 2008 contract. [6] Delivered to the IAF in 2011 and inducted into service in 2012, [7] the helicopter had flown over 26 hours without incident since its most recent servicing.
Bulgarian military helicopter Mi-17 during a firefighting mission. The Mi-17 in the photo crashed at Plovdiv Airport, Bulgaria on 11 June 2018. [176] On 3 April 2018, an Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in Kedarnath. All the people onboard survived. Indian Air Force has ordered an inquiry into the crash. [177]
India attack 16 50 on order. [31] CH-47 Chinook: United States transport CH-47F: 15 [15] Mil Mi-17: Russia utility Mi-17V-5: 222 [15] HAL Dhruv: India utility: 95 [15] HAL Light Utility Helicopter: India utility 6 on order [32] Alouette III: France/India liaison Chetak: 79 [15] license-built by HAL. A fleet of around 120 aircraft. [33] Cheetal ...
During February 2017, a full-scale mock up of the MRH was publicly displayed at Aero India 2017; according to a HAL spokesman, the mock up was largely based upon the existing Russian Mil Mi-17. [5] By this point, HAL anticipated the first flight of the helicopter to occur during 2019; however, the engine to power the MRH was yet to be finalised.
On board were 18 passengers and 5 crew. At around 13:50 pm, the helicopter arrived at destination, but while attempting to land at Tawang Civil helipad, which is located on top of a hill, the Mi-17 crashed into a gorge and caught fire. [5]
427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407.
On the same day, around twenty minutes before the MiG-21 downing, [66] an Indian Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashed, killing six Indian Air Force personnel and one civilian in the Budgam district. It was under the command of squadron leaders Siddarth Vashista and Ninad Mandavgane and crashed within ten minutes of take-off from the Srinagar air base.
IAF also lost a MI-17 helicopter during Indo-Pakistan standoff 2019. On the same day of 27 February 2019, around twenty minutes before the MiG-21 downing, [106] an Indian Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashed, killing six Indian Air Force personnel and one civilian in the Budgam district. It was under the command of squadron leaders Siddarth Vashista ...