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| Date: | Friday 2 June 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SOKO SA 341G Gazelle |
| Owner/operator: | Scientific Complex |
| Registration: | RA-00502 |
| MSN: | 014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moscow -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tambov |
| Moscow | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in a 30-degree' nosedown descent. Helicopter was emitting black smoke before it went down in an open area surrounded by tall apartment buildings in northwest Moscow.
All four POB were killed, one of whom was Svyatoslav Fyodorov (72).
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/yugo/af2/types/gazelle.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872598.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/04/world/svyatoslav-fyodorov-72-eye-surgery-pioneer.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2011 14:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, ] |
| 16-Sep-2011 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2013 19:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2013 19:14 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-Mar-2013 09:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 03-May-2025 15:49 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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