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Crash, fire, Lockheed, military/police, USA

SD: More Firefighting Tragedy Strikes

What: USAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules
Where: Edgemont SD
When: 1 July 2012
Who: 6 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: A C-130 transport aircraft en route to support firefighting missions crashed in South Dakota. The crew was part of the fight against the White Draw Fire.

The USAF Release said:

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) — At approximately 6 p.m. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire.

The cause of the crash is not known and the incident is under investigation. There are no details on the status of the aircrew available at this time.

MAFFS is a joint DoD and U.S. Forest Service program designed to provide additional aerial firefighting resources when commercial and private airtankers are no longer able to meet the needs of the forest service.

MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system owned by the U.S. Forest Service that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than 5 seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide. Once the load is discharged, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes.

Media outlets made this update:
.CHARLOTTE NC – The crash of a North Carolina-based Air National Guard cargo plane that was fighting wildfires in South Dakota has left at least one crew member dead.The family of Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal of Mooresville confirmed they were notified early Monday that he had died in the C-130 crash on Sunday. The 42-year-old married father of two was a veteran of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.Lt. Col. Rose Dunlap of the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte says six crew members were aboard.The North Carolina Air National Guard confirmed that lives were lost in the crash. Other crew members who were injured were taken to Rapid City Regional Hospital. Names and conditions have not been released.The plane went down about 6 p.m. in the southwest corner of South Dakota where it had been dropping flame retardant on the White Draw Fire.The cause of the crash is under investigation and all other MAFFS-equipped C-130s have been grounded.

In George’s Point of View


So many heroes.
So many tragic deaths.


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Crash, military/police, Russia, Sukhoi

Russian Pilots Bail out of Sukhoi Jet

What: Sukhoi Su-27UB (“Flanker-C”) 2nd Air Group, 7000th Airbase, Russian Air Force
Where: Besovets, Prionezhsky district, Karelia Republic, Russia
When: June 28, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
Why: Col. E. Oleynik and Major general K. Botashov, ejected from a Sukhoi jet before it went down in Besovets village. The air force suspended Sukhoi flights pending investigation. It is not known if the engine ingested a bird or if a flight control system failed.

The jet had been on a routine weather check and training flight.


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Crash, Eurocopter, Kenya, military/police

Kenya Crash Investigation Begins

What: Kenya Police Air Wing Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil
Where: Ngong Hills, near Nairobi Kenya
When: June 10, 2012
Who: 6 aboard
Why: The team put together to investigate the June 10 crash has visited the crash site and said they will begin mapping the area. A representative of the victims will be at the team meetings in an effort to promote transparency. Two Kenyan Ministers were aboard the helicopter.

See Video below

Crash, Fokker, Indonesia, military/police, unresolved, Video

Military Fokker Crashes in Jakarta Neighborhood


What: Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M
Where: Jakarta Indonesia
When: June 21, 2012, 15:00 hrs.
Who: 7 aboard
Why: The flight was engaged in maneuvers when it crashed into a Jakarta neighborhood in the Rajawali housing complex (the Air Force Eagle Complex, at Halim Perdanakusuma airport.). It is reported that everyone aboard the flight except the co-pilot died in the crash. The co-pilot survived; and several people inside the buildings also died on the ground. A fireball erupted in the neighborhood. Some residents were hospitalized with burns.

Major Flight Heri Setiawan (captain pilot), Sergeant Major Simulanto, Sahroni Flight Lieutenant, Captain Agus Supriyadi Engineering, Purwo First Sergeant, Master Sergeant Wahyudi (Engineering Squadron 021) were confirmed killed in the crash.

Skies were clear at the time of the accident.

The names of the victims who were in the housing were not released. Video below


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Crash, Helicopter, Lost, lost communication, military/police, Pakistan

Pakistan Helicopter in Chenab River

What: Pakistan Army helicopter en route from Gujranwala
Where: Chenab river in Punjab, Pakistan
When: May 23, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A pilot and trainee were on a routine training mission near Wazirabad in the two seat training helicopter when they crashed in the Chenab river 100 km from Lahore.

Search parties came to the scene when the helicopter lost communication with ATC. Three army choppers and divers from Mangla are engaged in the search.

The wreckage was apparently found or retrieved within six hours after the search began.

Antonov, Crash, Czech Republic, military/police, runway overrun, Video

An-30B Crash-lands in Fiery Blaze In Cáslav


What: Russian Air Force Antonov An-30B
Where: Čáslav Airport, Czech Republic
When: 23-MAY-2012
Who: 23 aboard
Why: On landing at Čáslav, the pilot lost control, and the plane skidded off the runway.

There were fourteen Russians aboard, and 8 Czechs, six of whom were seriously injured. Ten ambulances and two choppers responded to the scene. Four patients were taken to Čáslav hospital with burns. Four injured were treated on the scene. One passenger with severe burns went to Vinohrady Hospital in Prague. Seven passengers and the pilot were taken by ambulance to a Cologne hospital. The emergency was declared at 11:50, and firefighters had the fire under control by 12:25. There were no casualties of the accident.

Specialists were testing the area for radiation, which was observed in the vicinity of the plane. The plane belongs to the”Open Skies” mission. The Antonov An-30B is an aerial survey observation plane.



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airliners.net, Crash, Lost, military/police, Philippines, SIAI-Marchetti

Pilots lost off the Coast of Mariveles


a AI Marchetti SF.260TP similar to the one lost at sea
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer

What: Philippine Air Force SIAI Marchetti SF.260TP Warrior
Where: Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines
When: May 18, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: The Philippine Air Force trainer that took off from Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sangley Point at around 6:55 a.m and failed to return was reported to have crashed in waters off Mariveles, Bataan. No distress call was made.

Witnesses say the plane tilted sideways and nosedived into the sea, with no smoke or explosion. Some of the wreckage— fuel tank, a pilot helmet and one of the seats of the plane—was recovered at 7:30 a.m in 180 foot deep water. Coast guard divers have been searching. The missing pilots, Major Neil Tumaneng, a graduate of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1995, and his co-pilot, Lt. Michael Arugay, of PMA Class 1999, are still missing.

The Philippines Coast Guard, the Philippine National Police, and Philippine Army found some wreckange; however a fishermen found partial remains in deep waters.

The crash occurred near Fortune Isle, a tiny rocky island near Mariveles.

Collision, military/police, Mushshak, Pakistan

Pakistan Military Trainees Collide over Rashkai Field

What: 2 Pakistan Air Force PAC MFI-17 Mushshak en route from RISALPUR (OPRS) Military Airport
Where: Nowshera, Rashkai Pakistan
When: May 17, 2012
Who: 4 pilot fatalities, 1 civilian fatality, 8 injured
Why: Two planes were on a training mission when they collided; then one crashed into a house, and another into the adjoining field. Two trainees and two instructors were killed in the crash. According to reports, the collided in midair. The collision caused a large fire in a residential area.

The deceased were identified as Mohazzam, Mustafa, Masood and Zareen.

Witnesses say the wings knocked together and set the planes on fire. Inside the house, two residents, a girl and an elderly man, were injured.

Pakistan Air force Headquarters is investigating. There have been six PAC crashes in the last seven months.

ATR, Emergency, military/police, runway overrun

Royal Thai AF Skids Off Bangladesh Runway

What: Royal Thai Air Force – RTAF ATR-72-212A
Where: Bangladesh
When: April 30, 2012 8:51
Who: 7 crew 8 passengers
Why: A Royal Thai Air Force ATR-72-212 sustained damage on landing in Bangladesh when it skidded 350 yards off the runway and into a concrete wall, damaging the cockpit and wings.

Capt Wing Commander Chakkapol Hirranrattana, Wing Commander Surasak Sukbang and Flight Lt Pitchaya Burrangratchahirarun sustained minor injuries but everyone walked out of the plane. The plane has been judged a total loss.

The investigation team is led by Flight Operation Inspector Squadron Leader (retd) Masud Akhtar Khan.

Thai officials aboard are in the care of Dhaka’s Thai embassy.

Kurmitola fire station’s said they rushed to the scene at 9:25 but “…airport authorities said that no help was required as the situation had been under control.”

The flight has been described in the media as an official visit and a flight training mission under the command of Wing Commander Surasak Sukbang, Squadron 603 commander.

Crash, F/A-18, military/police, unresolved, USA, Video

Forty Apartments Damaged, No Fatalities Reported, Virginia Beach Hornet

What: US Navy – VFA-106 $29 million McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet twin-engine supersonic fighter plane en route from Naval Air Station Oceana
Where: Virginia Beach
When: April 6 2012, 12:00 pm
Who: 40 apartments damaged, no fatalities, 5 injures
Why: Going 170 mph, a student pilot was in the front seat of the two-seat Hornet and the experienced instructor was in the rear when the plane experienced a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction.” Pilots dumped fuel just before it dived into a Virginia Beach apartment complex in the Hampton Roads area (Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, near NAS Oceana). No residents of the Mayfair Mews complex were killed in the crash, and the pilots ejected before impact. The plane experienced “catastrophic engine system failure” right after takeoff. The crash site is two miles from the base and a mile from the ocean.

The fuel and the carbon fibers from the burning composite were a special toxic concern for first responders.

There were seven injuries on the ground in addition to the two pilots, but no fatalities have been reported. Witnesses on the scene saw smoke billowing from the building. Bystanders found the young pilot still in his parachute, and cut him free before escorting him farther from the fire. Six buildings were damaged, but now the residents, mostly elderly, are homeless.

The trainee in the front had at least 1 1/2 years of intensive training before boarding the F/A-18D, which is used in training and in combat. The jet was not carrying live ordnance,

Within 24 hours of the crash, sources confirm no one was killed in the crash. The mayor, and the us fleet forces commander agree that it is miraculous that there were no fatalities.

A fund has been established for those made homeless by the fire.

Afghanistan, Crash, mechanical failure, military/police, Sikorsky

Turkish Helicopter Crashes Killing a Dozen Military, Plus Civilians on the ground

What: Turkish Army Sikorsky S-70A-28 (CH-60)
Where: Bagrami district, Kabul
When: Mar 16, 2012, 10:25 a.m.
Who: 10 fatalities aboard, 2 on the ground
Why: The Turkish (Turk Kara Ordusu Havaciligi) helicopter crashed into a house in Bagrami District. A dozen Turkish troopers aboard the helicopter were killed. The number reported as being inside the house varies from 2 (children) to a total of eight residents. The Herald Sun reported five bodies. One report says a female casualty may have been aboard the helicopter.

The crash is attributed to a malfunction, and not to any military action.

Grisly descriptions of the scene of the crash indicate the bodies of the military victims were decimated into parts. The bodies of two girls from but not in the multi-story brick house have been recovered. The house is described as “scorched” “a smoking hole” and with “several large holes.” A woman and a Turkish boy were injured.

Crash, Hercules, Lost, lost communication, military/police, Sweden, weather

New Norwegian Hercules Splinters into Kebnekaise Mountain

N. Military/Sp.Forces

What: Norwegian military Hercules C-130-J cargo plane en route from Evenes military base to Kiruna Sweden (military exercise)
Where: Kebnekaise Mountain
When: March 15, 2012
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: The plane disappeared from radar as it crossed a mountain range in northern Sweden. It apparently flew into the west side of the mountain, demolishing the plane into pieces smaller than a sheet of paper. There had been bad weather (poor visibility brought on by low clouds, snow and strong winds) at the time of the crash. Harsh weather in the area has been delaying recovery. Wreckage is strewn over a wide area on top of Robots Glacier on the western side of Kebnekaise. No signal was heard from the Hercules’ emergency transmitter.

The Norwegian armed forces indicated that the accident may have occurred when pilots flew manually instead of on autopilot. The mission involved tactical flying. Crew members lost in the crash were Lt. Col. Truls Oerpen, 46; Capt. Staale Garberg, 42; Capt. Bjoern Yngvar Haug, 40; Capt. Steinar Utne, 35; and Capt. Siw Robertsen, 45

Bell, Crash, engine trouble, military/police, Nigeria

Nigerian Peace Keeper Chopper Crash Kills 12


What: Nigerian Police Special Task Force Bell 412EP en route to to Abuja
Where: Jenta Mangoro, Nigeria
When: March 14, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 7 fatalities aboard, 5 ground fatalities
Why: While on a mission to monitor a crisis situation, the chopper crashed. The crash also killed 5 on the ground in the vicinity of a satellite market and a Government Secondary School along Rukuba Road. Reports say that the wreckage landed inside a residence. A nine year old girl in the house was injured. The owner of the house, Mali Waziri, was at work at the time of the accident.

Witnesses say that the chopper made strange noises before it lost height and crashed.

The mission was described as “surveillance duty in hot spot.”

Haruna John, recently Deputy Inspector General of Police, died in the crash, as well as his orderly and other members of the peace team. ACP Garba Yelwa -Pilot; CSP Alexander Pwol-Ja, Co-Pilot and Sergeant Sonatian Shirunam-Orderly were also fatalities.

hard, military/police, Peru, Twin Otter

Air Group 42 Plane Hard Landing With No Casualties

What: Fuerza Aérea del Peru de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Where: Laguna Caballococha, Loreto, Peru
When: Mar 9 2012
Who: 3 crew, 8 passengers
Why: The Twin Otter made a hard landing in Laguna Caballococha waters that collapsed the right pontoon. The boat was semi-submerged meters from shore.
The IAEA (Board of Accident Investigation) is investigating at the behest of the High Command of the Air Force.

Crash, Guatemala, Helicopter, military/police, unresolved, weather

Guatamalan Rescue Chopper Crashes after Attempted Rescue


What: Guatemalan air force helicopter Bell UH1H
Where: Quebrada Seca, Petén Guatemala
When: Feb 28 2012 10 am
Who: 10 fatalities
Why: After a civilian chopper crashed, the Guatemalan air force helicopter on a regular Tuesday mission went to assist in the rescue but crashed en route. The seven officers and three air force specialists diverted from their mission “to supply some detachments are located in the Laguna del Tigre,” and died in the crash in bad weather in the mountainous area. It appears that when the military chopper reached the scene of the first crash, the rescue had already been handled, so they elected to continue on their mission, and it was on the continuation of the journey to Peten that the accident occurred.

According to eyewitnesses, the helicopter lost power near the village of Quebrada Seca, in the vicinity of the town of San Luis.

Three were crew—two lieutenants and a specialist—and the seven passengers were a flight lieutenant, two second lieutenants of aviation, a second lieutenant of infantry, two specialists and an aére-military policeman. (José Everardo Portillo Salazar, Manuel Ovalle Garcia and Armando Barrientos Mynor, the lieutenants Jose Alejandro Rodriguez and Flores Be Zechariah, Amilcar specialist Humberto Leon and Manuel Escobar Axpuac, Emerson Reyes and Paolo Rivera Martinez Galindo Elbu Stuart, One person was unidentified.)

Pilot Lieutenant Everaldo Portillo had more than 700 flight hours.

The first chopper apparently hit power lines which apparently helped break the fall. It crashed in the El Guarumo in Semox village on Guatemala’s Caribbean coast ( Livingston, Izabal). Three injured survivors of the original crash were taken to del Hospital Roosevelt in Morales, Izabal. The survivors of the first crash were listed as Carlos Larios Aguilar, 48, the pilot of the ship John Paul Moran, 52, and mechanic Jose Gomez, 28. The first chopper was #TG-SAN, also out of Petén.


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Bell, Crash, military/police, training, USA

Five Lost in Military Chopper Collision

What: USMC HMLA-469 Bell UH-1Y Venom
Where: Yuma, AZ
When: Feb 22, 2012, 8 pm
Who: 5 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: The helicopter was engaged in night flight exercises on February 22nd near Yuma, AZ when it collided with a smaller two person chopper. Service members with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing were involved.

The crash happened west of the Chocolate Mountains in California.

The names of the five fatalities have not been released.


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Bell, Crash, military/police, training, USA

Military Chopper Crashes during exercises

What: USMC HMLA-469 Bell AH-1W Super Cobra
Where: Yuma, AZ
When: Feb 22, 2012, 8 pm
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: The helicopter was engaged in night flight exercises on February 22nd near Yuma, AZ when it collided with another flight. Service members with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing were involved.

The crash happened west of the Chocolate Mountains in California.

The names of the two fatalities have not been released.

Brazil, ground resonance, Helicopter, military/police

Ground Resonance Rattles Brazilian Chopper to Bits


What: Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Estado do Pará Helibras HB 350BA Esquilo
Where: Benevides Brazil
When: Feb 22, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, no fatalities
Why: The rescue chopper vibrated itself apart after landing.

“Ground resonance” occurs when a sitting helicopter’s rotors become unbalanced while spinning. A resident expert says this can happen because of a hard landing; the best way to get it to stop is to pull collective and break contact with the ground. (At the time, that would feel counter intuitive, I would think!)

Cessna, Crash, military/police, unresolved, Venezuela

Venezuela Cessna, 4 aboard Lost at Sea

What: Guardia Nacional Bolivariana Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP
Where: La Uva, Isla de Coche, Venezuela
When: Jan 30, 2012
Who: 4 fatalities
Why: The Cessna crashed 180 miles from shore during a training flight. Captain José Vielma, Jhonatan Veroes Valencia, Joan Guillén, and Hernández Camacho died in the crash.

airliners.net, Bell, Crash, military/police, training, USA

Ranier Washington: Four Chopper Fatalities

 


Photo: A Military Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Contact photographer Anthony Osborne

What: US Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Where: SW training area of Joint Base Lewis-McChord
When: Dec 12, 2011
Who: 2 occupants, 2 fatalities

What: US Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Where: SW training area of Joint Base Lewis-McChord
When: Dec 12, 2011 8 pm
Who: 2 occupants, 2 fatalities
Why: Two two-seat reconnaissance “Scout”choppers crashed during routine exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a few miles from Ranier Washington. Four individuals died in the event. Two were injured. It has not been released if the two injured were aboard, or if the choppers collided.

The remains were taken to Madigan Army Medical Center.

The debris field covered 300 meters. Military vehicles were securing the scene.

The Fort Rucker, Alabama Combat Readiness Center is coordinating the investigation, beginning with a six member team.

Argentina, Cessna, Crash, military/police, Piper, unresolved

Flight School Cessna and Military Piper Collision In Argentina

 

What: (Fuerza Aérea Argentina) Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota light aircraft
Where: Mercedes Airport, Argentina
When: 21-NOV-2011 09:45 LT
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: On approach to Mercedes Airport, an Argentine Air Force Piper PA-A28-236 Dakota collided with an aviation school Cessna 152.

Both the flight school crew members in the Cessna 150 were killed in the crash. The Piper PA-28 landed safely. The two military personnel aboard the Piper survived.

According to witness Boloni Eduardo, the Air Force plane cut the back of the Cessna with its propeller, causing it to fall

Firefighters, police, ambulance, Air Force, and Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board were on the scene. Mercedes is a public air field with no control tower.

Agusta Westland, airliners.net, Crash, Emergency, Mexico, military/police

Helicopter Crashes in a Street in Mexico

What: Gobierno del Estado de Mexico Agusta A109S Grand
Where: Peréz Valenzuela (street), Del Carmen district, in Coyacán, Mexico
When: Oct 21, 2011
Who: 4 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: If you imagine going about your normal daily life, you do not expect a chopper to fall in the street, crush your cars and slam into your house.

A chopper owned by the government of Mexico fell in the streets of Coyoacán, between Guillermo Pérez Valenzuela and Avenida Universidad, landing on two vehicles and striking the wall of a house. Because of a fuel spill, the area was cordoned off.

The chopper is an Agusta A-109-S Grand, XC-EDM

Initial coverage was confusing and indicated no fatalities, then three fatalities, then two fatalities with identities unknown.

Eventually two people were confirmed to be deceased, and two as survivors, but the identities took some time to sort out. Two names were released: Juan Estevan Rodriguez (Ruiz Rodriguez) and Julius Caesar Maturano Gomez were reported to be the fatalities—that is, one of the pilots, and the assistant of the secretary of Metropolitan development. We can assume this is correct because of reports of officials attending the funerals in #7 Rue insurgentes in Sapotian neighborhood, Santa Maria Cuevas, Zumpango.

Fernando Alberto Garcia Cuevas (the government official) and the surviving pilot were rushed to Hospital Ángeles Pedregal by emergency responders. Cuevas suffered bleeding of a kidney, which is being addressed by catheter embolization. The surviving pilot, Juan Manuel Ramírez Rivera will be undergoing surgery for broken vertebra in his chest, when he is stabilized.

The pilots attempted to land and save the lives of their passengers and we acknowledge their heroic effort.

Our sources have one photo of the chopper in question:


Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact photographer Luis Tena Orozco – AeroImagenes de Mexico

There was significant confusion in the reportage, so that based on reported coverage, all I can say is this:

There may have been a flaw in the rotor of the aircraft, though it is not clear if it was something that the pilots had been informed of prior to the flight, or if there was a failure during the flight. There was also a statement published that the chopper fell out of the sky, and was seen plummeting, and that the rotor stopped because the hasp detached (or did not detach) from the main rotor. I am sure the truth come out in the investigation; it is too soon to know what happened, but if any parties in the know want to comment or make corrections, we welcome the input.

As always, condolences to the families of Rodriguez and Gomez, and best wishes to the recovery of the injured.

Belarus, Crash, Eurocopter, military/police

Journalists Die in Belarus Chopper Crash

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What: Belarusian Eurocopter AS 355NP Ecureuil II AS355 NP border patrol helicopter
Where: Lithuanian border about 800 metres from Vileity
When: October 20 2011, 3:45 p.m
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: Three journalists, Vitaly Prochkovsky, 36; Sergei Shamalov, 39; and Yulia Shaternik, 28 died working on a report about border security for Union, a Belarus television and radio company. Pilots Igor Skvortsov and Andrew Pekarsky also died in in the crash. The chopper circled a house, and fell out of the sky. The Twin Squirrel helicopter they were on crashed for an unknown reason. Forester Elena Kirplyuk witnessed the crash. Crash site specialists converged on the scene. An investigation is underway.


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airliners.net, Lost, Mil, military/police, Russia

Missing Russian Chopper Located, All 7 Alive


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Contact the photographer Michael Hohryakov

What: Russian Emergency Chopper Mil Mi-8MTV-1 #RF-31129
Where: Altan, Trans-Baikal area Russia
When: 09-OCT-2011
Who: 7 aboard
Why: The missing chopper was located and all aboard are alive. 15 units of equipment and 115 rescuers were engaged in the search. When the flight failed to check in at 12:45, it was declared missing.

Three crew members and 4 Avialesookhrana representitives were all in good condition, found in the Trans-Baikal region of Kyrinskom. An emergency chopper picked up the 7 and flew them to the First Municipal Hospital in Chita.

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