Incident Mil Mi-8MTV-1 UP-MI861,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207019
 
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Date:Sunday 4 March 2018
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-8MTV-1
Owner/operator:BURUNDAIAVIA
Registration: UP-MI861
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Marshal Fahim military Academy, Qambar square, Kabul -   Afghanistan
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Marshal Fahim military Academy
Destination airport:Mazar-I-Sharif Airport (MZR/OAMS)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The foreign contractor helicopter crashed on takeoff. Five foreign occupants were injured but all were in a stable condition.
The aircraft is owned and operated by a private Kazakh company "BURUNDAIAVIA" under a military contract with German DOD

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/helicopter-crashes-in-afghan-capital-5-foreigners-wounded/2018/03/04/2a020bfc-1fa4-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?noredirect=onutm_term=.331ea55c7290
https://pronewsnetasia.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/five-injured-in-helicopter-crash-in-marshal-fahim-defense-university-in-kabul-mod-spokesman-tells/
https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/helicopter-crashes-kabul-military-academy
http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3654
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8558155

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2018 12:40 Iceman 29 Added
04-Mar-2018 12:52 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage]
04-Mar-2018 14:44 Iceman 29 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Embed code, Narrative]
04-Mar-2018 18:24 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative]
04-Mar-2018 20:17 Iceman 29 Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage]
05-Mar-2018 11:52 Iceman 29 Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
25-Jan-2020 17:50 anaj Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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