Emergency landing on training flight due to tail rotor failure. No injuries
Tags: Mi-24, Mil, Military, Nigeria, Nigerian Air Force, Safety
Helicopter with 9 persons and 2 tons of explosive
Tags: Angara Airlines, Civil, Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Russia, Safety
Emergency landing off airfield. 12 occupants (2x USA, 7x Turkish, 1x Russian, 2x Afghan) captured by Taliban forces, who claim to have destroyed the helicopter, which may be one of YA-KHA/B/C/D/E
Tags: Afghanistan, Civil, Khorasan Cargo Airlines, Mi-8, Mil, Safety
Emergency landing after system malfunction
Tags: Egypt, Egyptian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Incident summary – Oil exploration support helicopter went down, killing all on board. Initial reports vary between 13 and 14 fatalities after initial reports of 9. Some local news sources are saying it exploded in the air, 10 minutes from its destination. The helicopter was supporting work by Perenco Peru, who issued a statement saying that apart from two crew there was one of their employees on board as well as others from three different contractors.
The flight manifest (according to this page) listed those on board as R. Caballero de la Cruz - Pilot, Pedro Garate Arcila - Co-pilot, Ángel La Rosa Díaz - Flight Engineer, José Vargas Siprian - Mechanic, Máximo Cuello Yumbato, Deyvi Salas Del Águila, F. Saavedra Sánchez, Víctor Vallejos Clavo, Hernán Serrantes Paima, José Navarro Pinto, Frider Pasmiño Vargas, R. Manuyama Sandoval, Jairo Cahuamri Tello
Tags: Civil, Fatal, Helicopteros del Pacifico, Mi-8, Mil, Peru, Safety
Rolled over onto its side on landing. The helicopter carried three crewmembers and 3.2 tonnes of building materials.
Tags: Civil, Kamchatka Airlines, Mi-8, Mil, Russia, Safety
Three killed out of four on board a Russian Border Guard Mi-8 which crashed in poor visibility. A criminal investigation has been opened.
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
Crashed on take off for post-maintenance test flight
Tags: Mi-8, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
Crashed from low level hover due to high winds
Tags: Colombia, Colombian Army, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
Crashed into the sea on an EMS mission, killing all three on board - named as Captain Yashar Ahmadov, Senior Lieutenant Rustam Rustamov and Lieutenant Bahruz Zeynalov
Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Air Force, EMS, Fatal, Mi171, Mil, Military, Safety
Emergency landing at night on snow after overheating. Stayed a while and returned to base in Zagreb. Serial 228 to be confirmed (may possibly be 226). Aircraft type is Mi-171Sh and not Mi-8 per the press reports.
Tags: Croatia, Croatian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Force landing after being shot at by militants - photos here. The hydraulic system and genrators were damaged. 1 of the 7 POB was injured
Tags: India, Indian Air Force, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
Shot down by rebels in border region. Army itself says "emergency landing due to engine failure"
Tags: Fatal, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Myanmar Army, Safety
Crashed shortly after take-off, killing all five on board. Three were the helicopter crew, two were ground handlers from the airport
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Ukraine, Ukraine Interior Ministry
Shot down - four Russian nationals on board all died - named later in a UN statement as Pilot in Command Ilin Sergei, Co-Pilot Abrakov Alfir, Flight Engineer Egorov Sergei and Flight Attendant Shpanov Nikolai
Tags: Civil, Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Nizhnevartovsk Avia, Safety, Sudan, United Nations
Syrian AF Mi-17 was hit by surface to air missile, continued flying but crashed minutes later. Two YouTube clips show situation - see this one first, then this one. Casualties unknown
Tags: Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Air Force
Euro-Asia Airlines Mi-8 reported missing and not found five days later. The helicopter took off on November 24 at 08.30 to fly over the Ushara-Dostyk section of the Atasu – Alashankow oil pipeline - but did not land at Dostyk at 12.30 as expected - and crashed nr Dostyk. The helicopter had significant damages with only the aft remaining intact. All five crew members and three passengers died in the helicopter crash. Manifest: Captain – Raul Khabibullin -/- Pilot – Nurlan Yessenaliyev -/- Flight mechanic – Vladimir Kim -/- Engineers – Konstantin Maksayev and Viktor Radomskiy -/- Accompanying persons - T. Shokparov, A. Sarsembayev, K. Sabirov.
Tags: Civil, Euro-Asia Air, Kazakhstan, Mi-8, Mil, Safety
Emergency landing after helicopter damaged in bird strike
Tags: Mexican Federal Police, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Russia, Safety
Turned over onto its side when landing. Beyond that, reports differ - in particular the company press release and the initial investigation reports and local press. Some say conditions were gusty, others say low visibility - one report has photo of wreckage with snow falling. Some say 17 passengers and 3 crew - of which 4 minor injuries only. Others say 19+3 with 6 seriously injured.
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Russia, Safety, UTair
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down a Mi-17 helicopter
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Air Force
Helicopter shot down by missile. Casualties unknown
Tags: Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Air Force
Emergency landing after developing mechanical problems in flight. Some passengers with minor injuries
Tags: Afghanistan, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Helicopter was seriously damaged but its 24 passengers and three crew members were safe (full manifest here)
Tags: Civil, Hevilift, Mi-8, Mil, Papua New Guinea, Safety
Helicopter shot down by rebel forces, and burned out on the ground
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Air Force
Mountainous region, poor weather, 4 killed
Tags: Fatal, Mi-24, Mil, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
Two Mi-17 helicopters hit each other on take off on a training mission from an air base near the village of Sarmat in Jamnagar district of Gujarat state. 9 killed, assumed currently as 4 in one helicopter and 5 in the other. One helicopter caught fire and completely burned out, the other did not - see photo set here
Tags: Fatal, India, Indian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Two Mi-17 helicopters hit each other on take off on a training mission from an air base near the village of Sarmat in Jamnagar district of Gujarat state. 9 killed, assumed currently as 4 in one helicopter and 5 in the other. One helicopter caught fire and completely burned out, the other did not - see photo set here
Tags: Fatal, India, Indian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Shot down by rebels
Tags: Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Syria, Syrian Army
Crashed during a training exercise at an airfield near the capital Astana and caught fire.
Tags: Fatal, Kazakh Air Force, Kazakhstan, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Crashed from a low hover, moderate damage, no injuries
Tags: Mi-28, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation - all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter completely burnt out (photo), except the last part of the tail which revealed its serial AF-808. All seven on board died - named as Capt. William Letti, Lt. Patrick Nahamya, 2nd Lt. Robert Mushabe, 2nd Lt. Nelson Mulumba, WO. David Kakube, Sgt. Mweshezi Rahumata and Sgt. Charles Lukwago. Weather/Visibility was reportedly a factor. The fourth helicopter, a Mi-8, continued to its intended destination
Tags: Fatal, Kenya, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety, Ugandan Air Force
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation - all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up almost completely inverted on its rotorhead in an area of long grass - photo and another and tail photo showing AF-807 code. It also carries the "AU" titles for the work it was intended for in Somalia. 8 on board, all survived. Weather/Visibility was reportedly a factor The fourth helicopter, a Mi-8, continued to its intended destination
Tags: Kenya, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety, Ugandan Air Force
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation - all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up in a 45 degree left bank situation in a wooded area (photo). 7 on board, all survived, but with serious injuries. It also carries a yellow "3" on the nose and the AU titles for the work it was intended for in Somalia. Pilot was Lt.Col Chris Kasaija. Weather/Visibility was reportedly a factor. The fourth helicopter, a Mi-8, continued to its intended destination
Tags: Kenya, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety, Ugandan Air Force
Helicopter crashed while carrying out agricultural work. No further details at this time. Pilot fatally injured
Tags: Agricultural, Civil, Fatal, Mi-2, Mil, Russia, Safety
Landing accident - ended up on starboard side
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Safety, Slovakia, Techmont Helicopter Co
Badly damaged in landing in swampy area short of intended helipad landing. Three occupants injured of the 22 on board. Helicopter with 3 crew was transporting 19 oil workers to a remote field location
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Russia, Safety, Tomskavia
Military spokesman Col. Sawarmy Khalid Saad said that a technical failure caused the crash. Seven officers were killed and two others were injured. [Helicopter type assumed, not confirmed]
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, Sudanese Air Force
Mi-2 owned by Congo Interior Ministry (referred to in one report as a "police helicopter") crashed killing Russian citizen, SP Korostel, and Belarusian citizen, MF Cherenkov. Earlier reports of 2 Ukrainians being killed were later dismissed
Tags: Civil, Congo Brazzaville, Fatal, Mi-2, Mil, Safety
Reported as a test flight, but with 8 POB? Fatalities named as Major Amir Azam, Havildar Abdual Waheed, Havildar Zeeshan Haider, Naik Muhammad Imran, Sepoy Kaleem Ullah and Sepoy Noor Mustafa
Tags: Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Pakistan Army, Safety
Post maintenance test flight crash, major post-crash fire. 1 fatality named as Edgar Rojas Calderón. Four survivors named as as Javier Salguero Moreno; José Espinosa Cortés; Jesús Carreño Manrique; and Jhon Agudelo Castaño
Tags: Colombian Army, Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
Emergency landing after engine failure. 14 POB
Tags: India, Indian Air Force, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety
Crashed on take off from an altitude of approx 10m on a training flight. 4 of 5 occupants killed - at least some from the Bolivian military, being trained in Venezuela. One fatality named as Col. Oscar Martinez Mora. Photo here shows the tail boom having been cut by the main rotors
Tags: Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Venezuela, Venezuelan Army
After experiencing some blade damage in flight, an emergency landing was made. The impact killed pilot Rodolfo León Gavilán. The other 18 on board survived. The police had been engaged on an anti-drug trafficking mission.
Tags: Fatal, Law Enforcement, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Peru, Peruvian National Police, Safety
Crash landed on a road during a training flight. 3 POB to hospital but not seriously injured.
Tags: Mi-8, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force, Safety
Landed and fell onto its side during a training flight. 2 of the 6POB injured.
Tags: Civil, Kazair West, Kazakhstan, Mi-8, Mil, Safety
Crashed on take-off from Murzuq airport, landing on a rail track. Possibly due to overloading - reported as 25 POB with two injured to hospital. On board were members of the reconciliation and civil peace team including Third Deputy Prime Minister Haramain Mohammed al-Haramain, Minister of Local Government Mohammad Hashemi Harari, one of the chiefs of military staff and the head of Murzuq Military Council, Baraka Wardako.
Tags: Libya, Libyan Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Got out of control during an anti-hijacking training session. Two army personnel injured
Tags: Civil, Mi-17, Mil, Nepal, Safety, Shree Airlines
Two people hijacked the helicopter, forced the pilot to fly to a prison at gunpoint, and then hovered as a rope ladder was dropped town for prisoner Alexei Shestakov to escape. Prison guards shot at the helicopter in an attempt to force it to land. The aircraft was later found abandoned on the edge of Vologda. The hijackers were named here as Tatyana Vazhalina, 35, and Alexander Rusakov, 36
Tags: Civil, Mi-2, Mil, Russia, Safety
Sudanese minister of agriculture, Abdel Halim al-Mutafi, has escaped death in a crash which killed three people. He emerged almost unscathed from the mishap which took place in Sudan’s eastern state of Al-Qadarif, where an Mi-17 helicopter carrying him along with six of his aides and two Iranian investors caught fire during take-off.
Tags: Civil, Fatal, Mi-17, Mil, Safety, Sudan, Sudanese Air Force
A North Korean helicopter crash has killed five of the Stalinist country`s Cabinet-level officials, including Commerce Minister Kim Bong Chol
Tags: Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, North Korea, North Korean Air Force, Safety
Operated by Central Asian Aviation Services on behalf of logistics company Supreme Group. 4 fatalities were nationals of Tajikistan, including the son of the deputy defense minister, and helicopter was registered there.
Tags: Afghanistan, Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Crashed during humanitarian aid mission - main blades severed tail boom. 11POB all safe. Weather reported as gusty. Potential for white-out with ground snow. Another potential contributor was the changing CofG due to the aid being moved some metres forward in the minutes prior to the accident - see YouTube video
Tags: Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bosnian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety
Helicopter destroyed in hangar fire along with two An-2 fixed wing aircraft. Preliminary cause given centred on welding work being done in the hangar at the time. One possible candidate for this helicopter is RA-24234 (98730691) but that is not confirmed
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Russia, Safety, Tuva Avia
The helicopter was doing training flights and crashed down during landing approach. All three POB killed
Tags: Belarus, Belarus Air Force, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety
Emergency landing
Tags: Mi-26, Mil, Military, Russia, Russian Air Force
Mi-8 with 25 POB has made an emergency landing in Yamal, the Emergency Situations Ministry’s Main…
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Russia
Shot down by rebels of Sendero Luminoso when flying over the region of the rivers Apurimac and Ene. Two fatalities named as Lt. Col. Ernesto Vasquez Esneider Silvaand Captain Alberto Campos Vidarte Jenner
Tags: Fatal, Mi-171, Mil, Military, Peru, Peruvian Army
Mil8 with 9 POB made emergency landing due to technical issue. After being checked over helicopter departed later with no further issue.
Tags: India, Indian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military
Pilot lost control due to the sudden change of wind at low altitude while filming. 8POB all ok
Tags: Georgia, Georgian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military
Precautionary landing due weather
Tags: India, Indian Air Force, Mi-8, Mil, Military
One report says 10 on board, 6 to hospital. A second report says 13 to hospital. Linked to event for launch of a cable car construction project.
Tags: Civil, Mi-8, Mil, Russia
