Incident Mil Mi-8MTV-1 RA-25497,
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Date:Wednesday 31 July 2013
Time:10:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-8MTV-1
Owner/operator:UNDP Sudan
Registration: RA-25497
MSN: 95642
Year of manufacture:1991
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Debre Zeit, East Shoa Zone of Oromia State -   Ethiopia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Addis Abeba
Destination airport:Juba, South Sudan
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed while preparing to fly to Juba, South Sudan, for a United Nations mission. The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
No casualties have been reported, but three crew members were seriously injured. One crew member sustained moderate injuries.
Other reports speak of two pilots and four passengers.
The helicopter was under contract with the UN Development program.

Sources:

https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2013/mi-8_mtv_ra-25797.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ena.gov.et/Story.aspx?ID=10327]
http://tass.com/world/698009
http://findingresult.com/?dn=unbconnect.com&pid=9POLOCM60&_glst=0&rpid=9PO4QG786utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ethiopia-un-helicopter#&panel1-1
https://cloud.mail.ru/CFF29CC0FC4949ADA62815F3EA35C4FC?t=1 (place of incident)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jul-2013 15:07 gerard57 Added
01-Aug-2013 01:27 gerard57 Updated [Date, Location, Source]
01-Aug-2013 08:31 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator]
01-Aug-2013 13:16 Anon. Updated [Registration, Cn]
01-Aug-2013 15:19 Hans Gruber Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Nature, Source]
09-Aug-2013 03:31 krasatpi Updated [Source]
06-Oct-2018 19:31 TB Updated [Aircraft type]

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