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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8MTV-1 |
| Owner/operator: | BURUNDAIAVIA |
| Registration: | UP-MI861 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Klimov TV3-117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Marshal Fahim military Academy, Qambar square, Kabul -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marshal Fahim military Academy |
| Mazar-I-Sharif Airport (MZR/OAMS) |
The foreign contractor helicopter crashed on takeoff. Five foreign occupants were injured but all were in a stable condition.
The aircraft is owned and operated by a private Kazakh company "BURUNDAIAVIA" under a military contract with German DOD
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/helicopter-crashes-in-afghan-capital-5-foreigners-wounded/2018/03/04/2a020bfc-1fa4-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?noredirect=onutm_term=.331ea55c7290
https://pronewsnetasia.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/five-injured-in-helicopter-crash-in-marshal-fahim-defense-university-in-kabul-mod-spokesman-tells/
https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/helicopter-crashes-kabul-military-academy
http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=3654
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8558155
Media:
Five injured in helicopter crash in Marshal Fahim Defense University in #Kabul, MoD spokesman tells 1TV pic.twitter.com/rXi8EXvxNO
— 1TVNewsAF (@1TVNewsAF) 4 mars 2018
Mil Mi-8 Helicopter Crashes At Kabul Military Academy. 5 people on board were injured but all are in a stable condition.https://t.co/qD98ZRd0SQ pic.twitter.com/M5Hk1Sjtwd
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 5 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2018 12:40 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 04-Mar-2018 12:52 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage, ] |
| 04-Mar-2018 14:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2018 18:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2018 20:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 05-Mar-2018 11:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jan-2020 17:50 | anaj | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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