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Showing posts with label Mi-8 helicopter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mi-8 helicopter. Show all posts

2008/07/03

Siberian crash kills 9




What: Mi-8 helicopter operated by civilian airline UT-Air
Where: Oil-rich Yamalo-Nenets region of northwest Siberia
When: Wednesday
Who: 16 people were on board including 3 crew members; nine fatalities
Why: No cause listed. helicopter caught fire after crashing en route from the city of Noyabrsk to the Varginskoye oil field.
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2008/05/16



What: Mi-8 helicopter taking employees of Ukrainian gas company headed for an offshore drilling rig.
Where: KIEV, Ukraine, Black Sea
When: Monday 0630 GMT April 28, 2008
Who: 19 dead, 1 survivor (survivor may have died of injuries, insufficient data)
Why: Apparently pilot error. While trying to land helicopter's tail hit the Tavrida platform.
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