2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash
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Occurrence | |
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Date | April 27, 2007 |
Summary | Pilot error |
Site | Near Shatoy, Chechnya, Russia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Mil Mi-8 |
Operator | Russian Ground Forces |
Occupants | 20 |
Passengers | 17 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 20 |
Survivors | 0 |
The 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash occurred on April 27, 2007, when a
The incident is the largest officially acknowledged loss of life for federal troops in Chechnya in 2007 and the worst Russian military aircraft disaster since August 2002, when an enormous Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter packed with troops crashed into a minefield after being hit by a missile, killing 127 soldiers.
Crash
The crashed helicopter was one of three Mi-8 transports and two Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters of the Russian Air Force which lifted off from a helipad to the east of the city of Gudermes. It was carrying 15 GRU Spetsnaz Rostov Oblast Brigade recon commandos and two high-ranking Russian military officers from the main Russian military base at Khankala in Chechnya.
Russian officials initially claimed the helicopter was downed by
Background
The two officers on board as passengers—a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major—were to serve as
On April 28, 2007, Russian officials asserted that at least three rebels were killed during a ground operation near the crash site,[
References
- ^ (in Turkish) Şatoy operasyonda yeni gelişmeler...
External links
- Military Helicopter Downed: '17 Dead', Sky News, April 27, 2007
- Russian helicopter is 'shot down', BBC News, 27 April 2007
- Chechen rebels 'down helicopter', Al-Jazeera, April 27, 2007
- Helicopter shot down in Chechnya kills 18, Reuters, April 27, 2007
- Chopper Goes Down in Southern Chechnya, The Jamestown Foundation, May 3, 2007