ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168706
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| Date: | Thursday 2 October 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chernobyl -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter hit a construction crane cable at the nuclear plant, during a flight to pour a decontaminating acetate mixture onto the accident reactor, and crashed. All four occupants died.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2014 12:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 12:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 16:24 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Embed code] |
| 28-May-2023 05:47 | Anon. | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Embed code]] |
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