2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash
2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crashOccurrence summary |
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Date |
September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) |
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Summary |
Disputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather) |
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Site |
Near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia |
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Passengers |
12 |
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Crew |
3 |
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Injuries (non-fatal) |
3 |
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Fatalities |
12 |
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Survivors |
3 |
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Aircraft type |
Mil Mi-8 |
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Operator |
Russian Ground Forces |
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The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash near Vladikavkaz killed 12 Russian military men, mostly high-ranking officers, among them Lieutenant-General Pavel Yaroslavtsev, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General Viktor Guliaev, deputy chief of army medical units, and Major-General Vladimir Sorokin.
The Ossetian rebel group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.[1]
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