ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78761
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Date: | Saturday 2 December 2006 |
Time: | |
Type: | Mil Mi-26TS |
Owner/operator: | Vertical-T |
Registration: | RA-29112 |
MSN: | 226210 |
Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 100 km north of Kandahar -
Afghanistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Kandahar |
Destination airport: | Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The helicopter crashed in a mountainous area at an altitude of 2,600 m during a flight carrying food to the base of the Dutch troops in Uruzgan province. The most likely cause of the collision of the Mi-26T from the slope of the mountain was a failure to comply with safe altitude when flying in mountainous terrain in adverse weather conditions.
Sources:
http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=375 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Oct-2010 06:42 |
krasatpi |
Added |
16-Dec-2010 10:36 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
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