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| Date: | Wednesday 20 August 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24P |
| Owner/operator: | Ukraine Air Force / 16-th Army Aviation Brigade |
| Registration: | 15 YELLOW |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Heorhiyivka, Luhansk region -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Separatists downed one Mil Mi-24 helicopter from the Ukrainian Air Force with a portable air defence system in the Luhansk region on Wednesday 20 August 2014 and struck another helicopter. Both crew members died in the crash. The fate of the second helicopter is unclear.
Note that this helicopter was downed on June 4th near Slavyansk and sustained substantial damage. - http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=166967
Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/
http://world.einnews.com/article/219526751/DLOiX9hGZKEdCbtP
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=530493
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2014 08:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Aug-2014 11:33 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 11:33 | MarschNei | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 11:33 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 14:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 23-Aug-2014 13:55 | El_serj | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 23-Dec-2014 12:31 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jan-2015 13:48 | El_serj | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 17-Feb-2015 19:04 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Photo, ] |
| 20-Feb-2015 05:14 | El_serj | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2015 17:37 | El_serj | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Jun-2015 20:18 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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