Accident Mil Mi-24D 579,
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Date:Thursday 12 April 2001
Time:10:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-24D
Owner/operator:Hungarian Air Force
Registration: 579
MSN: K220579
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gyulafirátót -   Hungary
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MH 87. Szentkirályszabadja
Destination airport:MH 87. Szentkirályszabadja
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The helicopter collided with Mil Mi-24V, 715, while performing low-level formation flight over the Hajmáskér firing range near Gyulafirátót, crashed and burned. Other made a crash landing.

Sources:

Scramble 267
Polderman, Robin, "Looking West: Hungarian Air Force", Air International, Stamford, Lincs., UK, January 2005, Volume 68, Number 1, page 55.
AFM June 2001, p76

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jan-2013 03:39 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-Sep-2019 08:32 TB Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2023 08:13 Monox Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport]
31-Dec-2023 08:21 Monox Updated [Phase]
31-Mar-2024 08:03 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type]

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