The crash of the Mi-26 transport helicopter occurred near the village of on March 3, 1992 . The helicopter transported women and children and crashed as a result of a MANPADS missile.
| The crash of Mi-26 near the village of Seydlyar | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| date | March 3, 1992 |
| Cause | Shot down |
| A place |  village, Kelbajar region , Azerbaijan |
| Dead | 12 or 16 |
| The wounded | from 32 to 38 |
| Aircraft | |
| Model | Mi-26 |
| Departure point | Gulistan village, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [1] / Azerbaijan [1] |
| Destination |  Armenia |
| Passengers | 50 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Dead | 12 or 16 |
| The wounded | from 32 to 38 |
| Survivors | |
History
On March 3, 1992, the Mi-26 transport helicopter, carrying out a humanitarian action under cover of the Mi-24 , delivered 20 tons of flour to the Armenian village of Gulistan and had to take out about 50 women and children from it [2] . After completing the loading of civilians, the helicopter took off and flew along with the escort vehicle through the Kelbajar region in the direction of the border with Armenia . About five o'clock in the evening Moscow time, a few kilometers from the border, they were attacked by the Azerbaijani Mi-8 helicopter [3] . While the Mi-24 drove off the attacker, the Mi-26 transporter was hit by a missile fired from the ground from MANPADS . According to the Armenian side, the rocket was launched by Azerbaijani forces [4] . , the helicopter crashed near the village of . As a result of the disaster 16 people died (according to other sources 12), the rest were injured of varying severity [2] [3] .
On the evening of the same day, an operation was performed to rescue survivors. Rescuers from the Spitak group, under the cover of a unit of paratroopers of the CIS Armed Forces , transported 28 people to the territory of Armenia [5] .
See also
- Incident with the Armenian Yak-40 (May 9, 1992)
- The crash of Mi-8 near Shushi on January 28, 1992
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 According to the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan , the territory controlled by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is part of the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is an unrecognized state , most of which is not controlled by Azerbaijan.
- ↑ 1 2 Big Aviation Encyclopedia “Corner of the Sky”
- ↑ 1 2 Mikhail Zhirokhov “Aviation in Nagorno-Karabakh” Archived on April 28, 2010.
- ↑ Voice of Armenia (Communist) No. 25 (52) 1992-03-06
- ↑ Maloveryan Yuri “Azerbaijan starts a war for air”