The list of lost MI- 8s of all modifications (including MI-9, -14 , -17, -18 , -19, -171, and -172) was compiled from open sources [1] and takes into account only accidents or the impact of external forces, resulting in the loss of a helicopter or its cancellation due to damage received.
The list is not complete and not final.
List of accidents and disasters
Green highlights losses when used in armed conflicts , including counter-terrorism operations .
| No. p / p | date | Modification / Board number | A place | Victims / On board | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | January 8 | Mi-17 2134 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | n.ad./n.d. | A Syrian air force helicopter shot down by anti-government forces on approach. The car crashed into the ground and collapsed [2] [3] . |
| 2 | January 10 | Mi-8T 1353 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | The helicopters of the Syrian Air Force , captured by anti-government forces at the helicopter base. In the following days, government aviation made several single attacks in an attempt to destroy the abandoned equipment. Here are the cars that were at the time of the capture in the flight or conditional flight [3] . |
| 3 | January 10 | Mi-8T 1355 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| four | January 10 | Mi-8T 1382 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| five | January 10 | Mi-8T 1386 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 6 | January 10 | Mi-8T 1387 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 7 | January 10 | Mi-8T 1395 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| eight | January 10 | Mi-8T 1397 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 9 | January 10 | Mi-8T 2902 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| ten | January 10 | Mi-8T 2911 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| eleven | January 10 | Mi-8PS 1291 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 12 | January 10 | Mi-17 2139 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 13 | January 10 | Mi-17 2920 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 14 | January 10 | Mi-17 2926 | Idlib , Taftanaz governorate | 0/0 | |
| 15 | January 24 | Mi-17 n.d. | Aleppo governorate | 4/4 | A Syrian air force helicopter shot down from Strela-2 MANPADS [3] . |
| sixteen | February 3rd | Mi-8T 371 | Raqqa governorate | n.ad./n.d. | The helicopter of the Syrian Air Force made an emergency landing, having received significant damage. A few days later burned anti-government forces [3] . |
| 17 | 11 February | Mi-17 n.d. | Caspian Sea , Sabail district of Baku | 3/3 | The helicopter of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan fell into the sea 300 meters from the coast. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [4] . |
| 18 | 25 February | Mi-17-1V EJC-3378 | Bogota | 0/8 | Helicopter Colombian Air Force . Because of the strong side wind, the crew lost control and the car made a rough landing, at the same time receiving significant damage. 3 passenger soldiers of the Colombian army received minor injuries [5] . |
| nineteen | 25 February | Mi-17 n.d. | near Aleppo | 3/3 | Syrian Air Force helicopter shot down in flight from an FN-6 MANPADS . He caught fire, lost control, fell to the ground and exploded [3] . |
| 20 | 2nd of March | Mi-17 n.d. | near Aleppo | n.ad./n.d. | Helicopter Syrian Air Force. Fearing the use of MANPADS missiles by the enemy, flew at low altitude, becoming vulnerable to small arms fire. As a result of hitting a large-caliber machine gun , the outboard fuel tank caught fire, after which the car lost control and collided with the ground. The crew died [3] . |
| 21 | 9th of March | / Mi-8AMT RA-22472 | Congo , South Kivu Province | 4/4 | When flying in adverse weather conditions (rain showers) in the highlands, it collided with a mountain slope at an altitude of 2460 m [6] . |
| 22 | March 14th | Mi-8T n.d. | Khabarovsk-Central airfield | 0 / n.d. | Helicopter MVD Russia . During the testing of the systems, the machine suddenly tilted and the blades of the rotor surface touched the blades, causing the blades to be damaged, the tail boom torn off, the tail rotor destroyed. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [7] . |
| 23 | March 16 | Mi-8 n.d. | Chechnya , Khankala | 3/4 | The helicopter of the FSB of Russia crashed while landing in adverse weather conditions and burned down. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [8] . |
| 24 | 26 March | Mi-8MT RA-22986 | Kamchatka Territory , Kronotsky Reserve , Uzon Volcano | 0/3 | Tilted on its side when landing, the crew was not injured. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [9] . |
| 25 | April 7 | Mi-8PS OB-1916P | Loreto region, in the confluence of the Napo and Kouri Rivers | 13/13 | He fell into the jungle during the flight, killing 4 crew members and 9 passengers. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [10] . |
| 26 | April 11th | Mi-17 n.d. | Idlib governorate, near Maaret Numan | 8/8 | A Syrian air force helicopter began landing in the air as it approached landing, lost control, fell to the ground and burned out. Possible causes - a defeat from fire from the ground or a gross error when piloting [3] . |
| 27 | The 21st of April | Mi-8T n.d. | Logar Province | 0/10 | The helicopter, owned by a private Afghan airline, departed from Khost province to Kabul . Due to bad weather conditions and heavy rain, the crew made an emergency landing in the territory controlled by the Taliban . All on board: the citizens of Russia, Kyrgyzstan , seven citizens of Turkey and one of Afghanistan, were captured by the Taliban, and the helicopter was burned [11] . Gradually, by diplomatic means, the captured people were released. Thus, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan was released on June 9 [12] , and a Russian in a year and a half - on October 29, 2014 [13] . |
| 28 | the 6th of May | Mi-8T RA-24410 | Irkutsk region , Katangsky district , 7 km from the village of Preobrazhenka | 9/9 | The crew flew by request of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to monitor the flood situation and transported 1.9 tons of explosives to explode ice on the Lower Tunguska River . During the flight due to careless handling of explosives exploded in the air [14] . |
| 29 | may 13 | Mi-17 n.d. | Idlib governorate, Abu al-Dahur | 6/6 | Helicopter Syrian Air Force. Shot down from MANPADS, caught fire and fell to the ground [3] . |
| thirty | May 21st | Mi-17 n.d. | near Aleppo | 0 / n.d. | A Syrian air force helicopter burned by anti-government forces in the parking lot [15] . |
| 31 | May 28 | Mi-8T 72 | Saratov region , Saratov district , 5 km from Ivanovo | 1/3 | During the scheduled training flight, the helicopter belonging to the Syzran branch of VUNC VVA named after Gagarin fell to the ground and burned down. Of the three crew members, the commander-instructor and the trained cadet managed to leave the car, the flight engineer was killed. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [16] . |
| 32 | June 6 | Mi-8T RF-95370 | Khabarovsk Territory , 37 km from the village of Polina Osipenko | 5/5 | In flight at an altitude of 300 m, the left engine was shut down due to the complete development of fuel from the fuel supply tank. Due to the erroneous and untimely actions of the crew, the car decreased and, colliding with the slope of the hill, completely collapsed and partially burned [17] . |
| 33 | June 19 | Mi-8T RA-22750 | Republic of Sakha , 200 km north-west of Yakutsk | 0/12 | When approaching at dusk, the helicopter suddenly landed on the airborne landing platform for the landing of paratroopers-firefighters and landed roughly on light forest. The reason was the crewβs mistakes and insufficient visibility [18] . |
| 34 | June 20 | Mi-17 n.d. | lake managua | 10/10 | The helicopter of the Air Force of Nicaragua fell into the lake from a height of 1500 meters and exploded, before the crew managed to give a distress signal. The preliminary reason is equipment failure. The helicopter carried high-ranking officials of the Nicaraguan army, including the country's Air Force commander Colonel Manuel Antonio Lopez . The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [19] . |
| 35 | June 25 | Mi-17V-5 n.d. | Uttarakhand | 20/20 | A helicopter of the Indian Air Force , carrying members of a rescue operation to a flood-hit area, crashed. 5 crew members and 15 rescuers from law enforcement agencies of India were killed. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [20] . |
| 36 | 30 June | Mi-17 n.d. | Aleppo governorate | 14/14 | A Syrian air force helicopter, shot down from MANPADS at an altitude of about 2 km, caught fire and fell to the ground [3] . |
| 37 | July 2 | Mi-8T RA-22657 | Republic of Yakutia , Ust-Yansky Ulus , 45 km from the village Deputatsky | 24/28 | In flight along an inconsistent and unfamiliar crew, in low visibility conditions (low clouds), the PIC dropped below the safe altitude and later decided to return to the departure point. As a result, during the turn, the helicopter collided with the slope of the mountain and, destroyed, burned down. Only the crew members and one passenger survived, all injured of varying degrees of severity [21] . |
| 38 | the 14 th of July | Mi-8T RA-25607 | Tomsk region , Kargasok district , village of Igol | 0/17 | Immediately after taking off at a height of 10 m, the helicopter went into uncontrolled rotation, fell neither to the ground and collapsed. The co-pilot and 9 passengers received injuries of varying severity. The causes of the incident are being investigated. [22] [23] |
| 39 | July 30 | Mi-8 n.d. | near Damascus airport | 3/3 | Syrian Air Force helicopter shot down from Osa MANPADS [3] . |
| 40 | July 31 | Mi-8MTV-1 RA-25497 | 24 km southeast of Addis Ababa | 0/4 | When approaching the airport in Bole in conditions of insufficient visibility (cloudiness) of the PIC, due to errors during piloting, he allowed the helicopter to drop below the safe height. The car collided with the slope of a mountain at an altitude of 2400 m and collapsed, the crew and passenger were injured of varying degrees of severity. The causes of the incident are being investigated [24] . |
| 41 | August 6 | Mi-171 n.d. | Marib Governorate | 8/8 | A Yemeni Air Force helicopter was shot down by anti-government forces from small arms from the ground [25] . |
| 42 | 12-th of September | Mi-8T RA-22772 | Krasnoyarsk Territory , Turukhansky District , 167 km north of the Podkamennaya Tunguska | 0/8 | When landing on a platform picked up from the air, the helicopter fell into a snow charge, sank sharply and landed roughly on the shallow water of the Khurichi River. The car overturned on board and received significant damage. The causes of the incident are being investigated [26] . |
| 43 | 16 of September | Mi-17 n.d. | Hatay region | 3/3 | A Syrian air force helicopter, as a result of a navigational error, entered Turkish airspace and was shot down by a missile from an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Turkish Air Force . The helicopter was hit at high altitude, caught fire and fell on Syrian territory in Idlib governorate. The commander of the crew managed to jump with a parachute and was captured on the ground by anti-government forces (later killed), the rest of the crew died when the vehicle fell [3] . |
| 44 | October 7th | Mi-171E HK-4770 | Putumayo Department, Orito Municipality | 0/6 | A helicopter carrying cargoes ordered by an oil company landed on a minefield set by the FARC , hit a mine and burned. The crew and passengers were not injured [27] . |
| 45 | November 9 | Mi-17V-5 n.d. | North Kalimantan Province, Malinau District | 13/19 | The Indonesian Air Force helicopter, carrying soldiers and builders, during landing touched the rock of the rotor blades, fell to the ground and, destroyed, burned. Among the possible causes of the disaster are adverse weather conditions (rain) and technical malfunction. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [28] . |
| 46 | 15th of November | Mi-8 n.d. | Aleppo , Neirab Air Base | n.ad./n.d. | The Syrian air force helicopters in the parking lot were destroyed by HJ-8 anti-tank missiles [3] . |
| 47 | 15th of November | Mi-8 n.d. | Aleppo , Neirab Air Base | n.ad./n.d. | |
| 48 | November 16 | Mi-17 n.d. | Raqqah governorate, near Tabka | 6/6 | A Syrian air force helicopter crashed in a desert area due to a technical malfunction, all on board were killed [3] . |
| 49 | 5th of December | Mi-8T RA-24430 | Tomsk region , Kargasok | 0/18 | Immediately after takeoff, the helicopter began to spontaneously deviate to the left and descend. The crew made an emergency landing, in which the machine received damage to the rotor blades and the tail boom fracture. The crew and passengers were not injured. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated [29] . |
Notes
- β Accidents of Mi-8 helicopters in 2010-2014 Dossier (rus.) , Tass . The date of circulation is June 20, 2017.
- β Syria Today 8-1-2013 (English) (inaccessible link) . Local coordination committees of Syria (8 January 2013). The appeal date is February 17, 2015. Archived February 17, 2015
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Syrian Revolution . Aviation in local conflicts. The appeal date is February 17, 2015.
- β Deciphering the "black box" of the helicopter that crashed on February 11 not far from Baku . Independent social and political newspaper "Echo" (February 28, 2013). The appeal date is February 15, 2015.
- β Se Accidenta HelicΓ³ptero MI-17 (EJC-3378) del Ejercito Nacional en la Zona de Sumapaz (Spanish) . Webinfomil (25 de febrero de 2013). The appeal date is February 17, 2015.
- β The catastrophe of the Mi-8AMT a / k UTair "in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . AirDisaster.ru. The date of appeal is January 6, 2015.
- β Mi-8 helicopter crashed during takeoff in Khabarovsk . MIA "Russia Today" (March 15, 2013). The appeal date is March 16, 2013. Archived March 22, 2013
- β A helicopter crashed in Chechnya . Interfax (March 16, 2013). The appeal date is February 17, 2015.
- β In Kamchatka, the prosecutor's office began checking on the fact of a hard landing of the Mi-8 helicopter . ITAR-TASS (March 26, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β David Gonzales. No hay sobrevivientes de helicΓ³ptero que cayΓ³ 13 personas a bordo en Loreto (isp.) . RegiΓ³n Oriente (7 de abril de 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β Roman Kretzul. The Taliban have taken responsibility . A look (April 22, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015. Archived May 31, 2013.
- β Kyrgyz security services confirmed the fact that the Taliban were freeing a Kyrgyz citizen . REGNUM news agency (June 11, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Pilot Pavel Petrenko, captured by the Taliban in 2013, released . Rosbalt (October 30, 2014). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β The catastrophe of the Mi-8T a / k Angara in the Katangsky district of the Irkutsk region . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 8, 2015.
- β Syria Today 21-5-2013 (English) . Local coordination committees of Syria (May 21, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β A Mi-8T helicopter of the Russian Air Force crashed near Saratov . A look (May 28, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015. Archived May 31, 2013.
- β The catastrophe of the Mi-8 DOSAAF in the Khabarovsk Territory . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 8, 2015.
- β Final report on the results of the accident investigation . Interstate Aviation Committee (April 30, 2014). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β 10 Nicaraguan officers, soldiers die in helicopter crash (English) . Nicaragua Dispatch (June 20, 2013). The appeal date is February 18, 2015.
- β Uttarakhand: Bodies, flight recorder, recovered from chopped chopper, all 20 confirmed dead (eng.) . DNA India (June 26, 2013). The appeal date is February 21, 2015.
- β Accident of Mi-8T a / k Polar Airlines in the Ust-Yansky District of Yakutia . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 8, 2015.
- β Accident of Mi-8 a / k Gazpromavia in the Kargasok district of the Tomsk region . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 9, 2015.
- β MI-8 helicopter made a hard landing in the north of the Tomsk region, there are victims (PHOTOS)
- β Accident of Mi-8MTV-1 NPK "PANH" near Addis Ababa . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 9, 2015.
- β Emergency of the Yemen Air Force . Aviation in local conflicts. The appeal date is February 23, 2015.
- β Accident of Mi-8T a / k AeroGeo in the Turukhansk district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 9, 2015.
- β Javier Alexander MacΓas. HelicΓ³ptero que transportaba insumos petroleros se accidentΓ³ en Putumayo (isp.) . El Colombiano SA & CIA (8 de octubre de 2013). The appeal date is February 23, 2015.
- β Indonesia to evacuate bodies after deadly chopper crash (eng.) . i24News (10 November 2013). The appeal date is February 23, 2015.
- β The subsequent report on the AP with the Mi-8T RA-24430 helicopter Neopr . PRIV MTU VT Rosaviatsia. The appeal date is February 23, 2015.