ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83505
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 November 1991 |
| Time: | 14:42 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 72 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Garakend, Nagorno-Karabakh -
 Azerbaijan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Agdam |
| Martuni | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter was fired from the ground and crashed. The helicopter was heading to the Karabakh regional center of Martuni, where violent clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis have taken place. Senior Azerbaijan government officials, journalists and members of the Russian-Kazakh peacekeeping mission were among the dead (1.)
There was another report that the helicopter slammed into cloud-obscured hill and exploded after its pilot reported being unable to see anything (2.)
Sources:
1. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1595
2. Military Aviation Disasters, by David Gero, p155
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2010 17:31 | krasatpi | Added |
| 20-Feb-2011 13:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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