ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194904
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Vityaz-Aero |
| Registration: | RA-25377 |
| MSN: | 98206975 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kamchatka, near the Mutnovsky Volcano -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter crashed as a result of a failure of the under carriage while landing. Three occupants (tourists) were injured.
The helicopter was carrying 16 tourists and 3 crew members.
One of the injured people is a US citizen, the other one – a French citizen. Both are now being delivered to the regional hospital.
The Far East’s Transport Prosecutor’s Office had launched investigation of the accident.
Sources:
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/mi-8t-ra-25377-18-04-2017
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201704191052762559-helicopter-crash-lands-kamchatka/
http://www.interfax.ru/russia/559016
http://tass.com/world/941995
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https://onespotter.com/photo/RA-25377/aj2kwN.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2017 06:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Apr-2017 06:56 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 19-Apr-2017 08:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2017 11:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature] |
| 19-Apr-2017 12:44 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 19-Apr-2017 16:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 20-Apr-2017 21:40 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 20-Apr-2017 21:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Apr-2017 11:23 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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