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Contact photographer Borut Smrdelj
What: CSA Czech Airlines Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Warsaw to Prague
Where: Prague
When: Feb 15th 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: After a normal flight, on approach to Prague, the first officer informed ATC that the captain was incapacitated. The f.o. landed the plane.
Emergency services responded, but the captain was pronounced dead. He as 58 years old.
Pictured: A Gazpromavia Mil Mi-8MTV-1. The craft involved in the incident was a Mi-171
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Contact photographer Peter Taskaev
What: GazPromAvia Mil Mi-171 en route from Bovanenkovo to Vorkuta
Where: Vorkuta Russia
When: Dec 19 2009
Who: 22 passengers, 3 crew
Why: The helicopter made an emergency landing–described also as a forced landing, and a rough landing–4 kilometers from where the flight originated. Fourteen were hospitalized.
The incident is under investigation. It is suspected that the cause will be attributed to harsh weather conditions.
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