ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56900
Last updated: 14 October 2020
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| Date: | 09-JAN-2009 |
| Time: | 11:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-171C (Mi-8AMT) |
| Owner/operator: | Gazpromavia |
| Registration: | RA-22463 |
| C/n / msn: | ...66433208U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Altai Mountains, Siberia -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Biysk |
The flight was an aerial hunting expedition organized by one of the senior local officials who invited two high-rank Duma members to join the entertainment. Contact with the helicopter was lost at 2 pm local time (8 am GMT) on January 9. 8 of 11 people onboard perished, among them President's envoy in Duma Alexander Kosapkin.
The aircraft collided with the ground while manoeuvring to collect an animal shot from the cabin.
Sources:
1. https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2009/mi-171.html
2. http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/35705
3. http://www.na.se/artikel.asp?intId=1434655&insn=1 (Swedish)
4. http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=517
5. https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2009/report_ra-22463.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2009 10:22 | ddk | Added |
| 11-Jan-2009 05:01 | ddk | Updated |
| 11-Jan-2009 05:01 | Alessandro | Updated |
| 11-Jan-2009 11:42 | VAR | Updated |
| 12-Jan-2009 02:28 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Jan-2009 11:30 | harro | Updated |
| 31-Oct-2010 10:21 | krasatpi | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport] |
| 14-Mar-2011 17:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2011 17:23 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 21-Sep-2014 14:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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