2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash

2007 Paramount Airlines helicopter crash
9L-LBT, the aircraft involved in the accident.
Accident
Date3 June 2007
SummaryMechanical failure
SiteLungi, Sierra Leone
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMil Mi-8[1]
OperatorParamount Airlines
Registration9L-LBT
Occupants22
Passengers20
Crew2
Fatalities22
Survivors0

On 3 June 2007 a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed near Lungi International Airport in Sierra Leone, killing approximately 20 to 22 people.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC News was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aviation Safety Network - Accident Mil Mi-8T 9L-LBT, Sunday 3 June 2007".