India’s top military commander has been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the country’s Air Force says. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died after the Mi-17V5 helicopter came down in hills near Coonoor city on Wednesday morning. Images show that the helicopter... Read more
Helicopter crashed during low level agricultural spraying operations. Pilot received fatal injuries ... Read more
Helicopter was one of three making the same route within minutes of each other. This helicopter impacted terrain and all 5POB received fatal injuries – named here as Pilot: Ernesto Ivan Verdecia Diaz Copilot: Luis Miguel González Santana Flight Engineer: Nivaldo García Herrera Bodyguard: Yoani Alarcón Ramirez Bodyguard: Osneiviz Pedro Martinez Reyes ... Read more
Crashed shortly after taking off from an airport. All on board survived (Mi-24 is best guess at type. 3POB and an “attack helicopter” seem reasonably likely to be correct. “Apache” clearly is not. However, image issued by the Sudan News Agency shows the aft end of the tail boom and stinger of an AW109 –... Read more
Landing accident, likely caused by brown-out. Tail boom sliced by main rotor disc. Helicopter was arriving from Juba, and was carrying the body of the late hon. Gabriel Matur Malek. Entourage included General Garang Mabil, General Majak Arol and Brigadier Mamer Ayom. The latter is quoted saying “When it reached Cueibet town, there is a football field and... Read more
Airport ramp floodlight mast fell onto boom, possibly caused by main blades striking it first. Video shows tail rotor separating from boom prior to the mast falling 3POB not injured... Read more
Helicopter landed heavily and rolled over onto its starboard side. 12 POB, 2 with minor injuries... Read more
Heavy landing, damaging the landing gear. No injuries to 17 POB Helicopter was en route from Tashtagol to Kemerovo... Read more
Ethiopian Air Force Mi-17V-5 being operated for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) crashed inside the UNISFA compound. The aircraft was on routine operation carrying Ethiopian troops on rotation from Kadugli to Abyei, and it could be assumed it was intending to land in that compound when it experienced some sort of difficulty... Read more
The helicopter crashed during a military training exercise. Five occupants were injured – named here as Reynaldo Niño Lozano, Javier Enrique Ocanto Chinchilla, Juan Carlos Bohórquez Pérez, Yondry José Romero, and Michael Ibrahim... Read more
While involved in flood relief support, helicopter landed in a residential garden, with the boom breaking off against the roof of the house. Registration validated by photo on this page None of the 11 POB injured. Helicopter substantially damaged... Read more
37-year- old SLAF airman, YMS Yaparathna, fall off a helicopter while conducting a rescue operation, along with the two individuals he was rescuing. All three were injured when they fell, and were admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital where the airman later died of his injuries. He was posthumously promoted from Flight Sergeant to the... Read more
Successful emergency landing after reported engine failure. Helicopter was en route to the Oil Rocks field with 15 pax and 3 crew. No damage, no injuries... Read more
One of 7 POB injured in a rough landing of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter in the Far East’s Maritime Territory... Read more
EMergency landing in Bandra-Kurla Complex, just two miles south of Mumbai International Airport. [Must have been quite a serious emergency to not head for the airport?]... Read more
Tail rotor damaged in emergency landing after reportedly being hit by an armed group led by former deputy defence minister Abdukhalim Nazarzoda... Read more
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Helicopter was flying between Zabul’s capital of Qalat and the town of Shinkay, 20 kilometers (12 miles) away. Accident killed all on board – 12 soldiers and five crew members. The Taliban claimed they had shot down the aircraft... Read more
The helicopter, involved in medical evacuation work after recent floods, was en route from Rawalpindi to Gilgit when it crashed near Lassan Nawab. Local media reported that weather was a contributory factor, and noted that there was a post-crash fire. The deceased were named as Major Humayun (Pilot), Major Muzammil (Pilot), Major Shahzad (Doctor), Major... Read more
Student Dioselinda Zapata Feijó was walking near the helicopter shortly after it landed was struck fatally by the tail rotor, after reportedly ignoring the security cordon. Municipal official Kathia Izquierdo said the woman’s brother reported she was trying to deliver a letter to the Cabinet chief asking that a relative be freed from prison.... Read more
Pakistan Air Force helicopter, engaged in relief and rescue efforts, crashed in the Khot area of upper Chitral, injuring several people. Media reports say the blades hit a tree, un-stablilising the helicopter on take=off, and it subsequently hit a house and crashed.... Read more
During a display of the “Golden Eagles” display team, one of the helicopters started to spin on its axis and gradually descend until it hit the ground hard, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot. Post crash fire Full video of the accident here and here (second one shows co-pilot emerging from the helicopter)... Read more
The helicopter crashed during a routine training exercise and the helicopter burnt out in the post-crash fire. One fatal, two seriously injured... Read more
Weather played a significant part in this accident, and helicopter wreckage was found on the slopes of a mountain. Helicopter had made three attempts to take off from the capital Vientiane due to the weather.... Read more
Pawan Hans helicopter with 19 passengers and three crew members on board made emergency landing after sudden change in weather... Read more
Flight with Ghana’s President John Mahama and First lady Lordina Maham on board. Landed due to severe weather. No mention in local press as to whether pilot obtained a forecast before take-off... Read more
Damaged after hitting container (some reports say “hit barrier”) during landing phase. 2 POB injured, not seriously... Read more
on Army training exercise. 3 POB evacuated safely... Read more
Further Details not reported... Read more
Crashed on final approach due to gusty conditions. Rolled over onto its side. Three of 8 POB taken to hospital were named as Tran Van Thong, 36; Nguyen Xuan Toan, 53; and Dong Van Vu, 34... Read more
Two deaths reported – helicopter on a post maintenance test flight after engine was replaced. Registration variously quoted as RF-01186 or RF-01168... Read more
1 killed and 2 injured when helicopter came down close to Ukraine’s capital Kiev (Kyiv) . Video from crash scene here... Read more
Pilot carried out an “emergency landing due to technical failure”. Four occupants were captured by opposition fighters, one crew member was shot by his captors and the fait of a sixth crew member is unknown. Registration confirmed from this YouTube video... Read more
EMS flight in poor weather conditions, crashed killing two medical staff, four crew and the baby patient, only a few days old. A later report indicated “The post mortem showed there were 0.68 milligrams per milliliter of alcohol in Mehic’s blood, and 1.30 mg/ml in his urine.”... Read more
Damaged in hard landing at mountain resort. No injuries to pilot or four passengers. Helicopter was either 4L-TBS (103M12) or 4L-TLS (95588)... Read more
Helicopter came under fire from members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North and were forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area of Sudan’s South Kordofan state.... Read more
Bird strike after landing, but caused damage to blades while they were still turning... Read more
Emergency landing, breaking the tail boom. No injuries to three on board.... Read more
Heavy landing after reported engine failure. Impact killed two of the six on board, named here as Vladimir Novikov and Flarit Galyavutdinov... Read more
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has confirmed the death of two persons in the crash of a private Mi-2 helicopter in Yamal, northwest Siberia. Heliccopter crashed into a lake and only the tail visible above the water... Read more
Helicopter crashed into a mountainside amid low cloud and falling snow and caught fire when it hit the ground There were 11 passengers and 3 crew members on board . Wreckage not found until 07-Aug-15 and reported 08-Aug-15... Read more
Crashed near Gelendzhik airport and caught fire. Full video of accident here. From a steady hover the helicopter lost height and hit the ground heavily and bounced. The impact caused the tail boom to shear off and thus the helicopter became dynamically unstable, it immediately crashed onto its belly and caught fire. It burned out... Read more
A helicopter from the Iraqi Air Force was allegedly shot down north of Tikrit by ISIS insurgents... Read more
During operations for the UN, the helicopter was shot down over the area of Bentiu in Southern Sudan. Three crew members died, a fourth was seriously injured.... Read more
Separatists downed one Mil Mi-24 helicopter from the Ukrainian Air Force with a portable air defence system... Read more
Separatists downed one Mil Mi-24 helicopter from the Ukrainian Air Force with a portable air defence system – this second helicopter was also hit, but further details not known... Read more
Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by Donetsh People Republic fighters. Helicopter crashed and crew member were severely injured. Later they were evacuated to hospital. The very same pilots flew on Mil Mi-8MT, 62 YELLOW which was shot down the day before (see HeliHub.com page for that accident). That time they were into luck to... Read more
Mil Mi-8MT helicopter of 16 Army Aviation Brigade was shot down by Donetsh People Republic fighters. Helicopter crashed but crew managed to leave the downed machine and return to air base. The next day the same crew flying on another helicopter would be shot down again. (see HeliHub.com page for that accident).... Read more
crashed due to wiring problem and burnt out completely. 2 crew members and 7 passengers managed to escape.... Read more
Helicopter was involved in evacuating people in a humanitarian emergency situation in northern Iraq. Crashed – killing the pilot (reported as “Majed”) – possibly due to overloading. Those on board included Yazidi member of parliament, Vian Dakheel New York Times reporter Alissa Rubin – see story Australian photographer Adam Ferguson, freelancing for the New York... Read more
A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission crashed, reportedly due to a technical fault – although some reports suggest the involvement of insurgents in Borno State. Initial reports stated one dead, one survived, one missing presumed dead – but the latter trekked through the bush and back to base... Read more
Crashed into snowy mountains of Issyk-Kul region during evacuation of a mountain climber, who broke his leg. The crew and the climber were not injured. Photo here... Read more
Emergency landing, no damage, no injuries... Read more
Police helicopter on night mission hit 140m high antenna, and crashed to the ground killing all four on board. Cabin burnt out in post-crash fire... Read more
Tail boom (or rotor?) hit wires on take-off, causing crash. Tail some metres from rest of wreckage, but unclear if that was contributory or result of accident. Aircraft had been leased by Lukoil and had just dropped off oil workers. Pilot Nicholas Vandakurov killed.... Read more
Military helicotpter on parachute training flight came down killing 16 and injuring a further 5. 2 of the 5 succumbed to their injuries in hospital within 48 hours, taking the toll up to 18... Read more
Caught fire during refuelling and completely burnt out (photo)... Read more
Crashed en route from Nezhin air base to Chuhuiv air base. Quoted by one source as “21 yellow” msn 9788612 but with no evidence provided to validate... Read more
15 POB (including 12 firefighters) survived the crash of this Mi-8. Post crash fire. Registration validated by this local language report... Read more
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence... Read more
All nine on board killed when Ukrainian Army helicopter shot down by rebel forces... Read more
Both pilots seriously injured in low level accident involving powerlines during agricultural operations – named as Anatoly Kurilov and Alexander Fumchenko... Read more
Four of five POB injured. Crashed into trees on take off from the grounds of the barracks No. 42 of counterinsurgency battalion Vraem (who do counter narcotics work)... Read more
At least 16 people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said... Read more
Ukraine AF helicopter shot down by rebel forces... Read more
1 fatality of 12 POB. Helicopter came down shortly after take off from Elwak in Mandera County, heading to Garissa County... Read more
Privately owned Mi-2 fell onto its side in accident in open field. Main blades contacted tail boom. 7 POB, of which five to hospital. Registration confirmed by this tweet... Read more
Helicopter down – unclear from press reports if damaged or not. All crew and passengers reported safe... Read more
In flight problem, emergency landing onto tarmac and heavily damaged. Crew unhurt... Read more
Unknown circumstances. Took 4 days to find wreckage of this missing helicopter... Read more
Rotor blades contacted building on take-off, causing helicopter to crash. Post accident fire. Pilot escaped unharmed... Read more
Pilot lost vertical visibility due to fog, hit the ground heavily and the helicopter rolled onto its side. Of 19 POB, one serious injury... Read more
Damage to tail rotor blades and tail boom during landing phase, arriving from Sabetta. No reported injuries to 3 crew and 13 passengers on board... Read more
Heavy landing in snow covered field after main blades struck tail boom. 15 passengers and 3 crew members on board. No fatalities... Read more
Helicopter sustained bullet hole from ground fire. No reports of any other damage... Read more
Returned to take-off point after avionics issue... Read more
