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| Date: | Thursday 2 October 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) |
| Registration: | 4K-24017 |
| MSN: | 99150891 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Klimov TV2-117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caspian Sea, off Guneshli -
 Azerbaijan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Baku-Bina Airport |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On approach to an offshore platform, the pilot appears to have had a "control problem" and the helicopter crashed into the sea.
Sources:
Flight International 15-21 April 1998
Soviet Transports
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2010 15:16 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Dec-2010 04:19 | krasatpi | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2011 16:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 18-Sep-2018 06:35 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
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