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| Date: | Sunday 2 September 2018 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8MTV |
| Owner/operator: | Valan International Cargo Charter |
| Registration: | ER-MHR |
| MSN: | 95952 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Engine model: | Klimov TV3-117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shaheen Corps headquarters, northern Balkh province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaheen Corps headquarters |
| Faryab province |
A Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter crashed during takeoff from the Shaheen Corps headquarters in Afghanistan.
A post-impact fire erupted. Several occupants were killed or injured.
On board the helicopter were three Ukrainian crew members, four public order police soldiers, four army soldiers, and two national police soldiers. The helicopter was reportedly chartered by the Afghanistan Army.
A total of twelve occupants died in the crash, two pilots and ten passengers.
Sources:
https://www.khaama.com/helicopter-crashes-in-afghan-army-base-in-balkh-province-05873
https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/09/02/3-including-foreign-pilot-killed-balkh-copter-crash
http://www.caa.md/rom/news/item226/
www.rferl.org
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2018 05:41 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 02-Sep-2018 07:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 08:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 08:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 13:54 | ABC | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 13:55 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 13:57 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 14:00 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2018 18:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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