2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash

A Russian Mil-Mi-8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.

Occurrence
Date| 11 September 2006 (2006-09-11)
Summary| Disputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather)
Site| Near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type| Mil Mi-8
Operator| Russian Ground Forces
Registration| Unknown
Passengers| 12
Crew| 3
Fatalities| 12
Injuries| 3
Survivors| 3

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The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash was a helicopter crash near Vladikavkaz. The crash killed 12 Russian military men, mostly high-ranking officers, among them Lieutenant-General Pavel Yaroslavtsev, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General Viktor Guliaev, deputy chief of army medical units, and Major-General Vladimir Sorokin.

The Ossetian militant group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "12 Dead In Russian Helicopter Crash". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-08.

## External links[edit]

* 3 Russian generals reported dead in crash (Archive) GlobalSecurity.Org

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