 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
.jpg) A Russian Mil-Mi-8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident. | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 27, 2007 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Near Shatoy, Chechnya, Russia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Mil Mi-8 |
| Operator | Russian Ground Forces |
| Registration | 65-gray[1] |
| Occupants | 20 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash occurred on April 27, 2007, when a Russian Armed Forces Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying special forces troops and officers crashed in mountainous terrain in southern Chechnya, killing all 20 people on board.
The incident is the largest officially acknowledged loss of life for federal troops in Chechnya in 2007 and the worst Russian military aircraft disaster since August 2002, when an enormous Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter packed with troops crashed into a minefield after being hit by a missile, killing 127 soldiers.
- ^ "Accident Mil Mi-8 65-gray, Friday April 27 2007". Aviation Safety Network. April 27, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2024.