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Date: | Tuesday 15 February 2011 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Mil Mi-28N |
Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
Registration: | 05 blue |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | In the province of Stavropol -
Russia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Budyonnovsk |
Destination airport: | Budyonnovsk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Russian news agencies say the Defense Ministry has grounded its fleet of Mi-28 attack helicopters following a crash in the south of the country that killed the pilot.
The agencies said that the military helicopter crashed in daylight Tuesday attempting an emergency landing after engine failure in the province of Stavropol. A co-pilot was injured, the reports said.
The military routinely grounds aircraft after disasters.
Cause of the accident was the failure of the helicopter transmission.
Sources:
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb/15/eu-russia-helicopter-crash/ http://www.lifenews.ru/news/51462
Photographs:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Mil-Mi-28N/1687831/L
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Mil-Mi-28N/1692492/L
http://www.inoforum.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=92316&st=0 (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Feb-2011 08:33 |
gerard57 |
Added |
16-Feb-2011 13:48 |
krasatpi |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
17-Feb-2011 13:50 |
Dan |
Updated [Source] |
10-Mar-2012 03:01 |
krasatpi |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |