Accident Mil Mi-26 95 red, Thursday 19 October 1995
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Date:Thursday 19 October 1995
Time:8:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI26 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-26
Owner/operator:Federal Border Service
Registration: 95 red
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 18
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Tiksi
Destination airport:Island Sredniy
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Helicopter flew into the thick snow charge in low cloud and collided with an ice hummock. Using old maps of the flight model in 1957 year.

Sources:

http://www.airbase.ru/crashes/mi-26/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Nov-2010 10:36 krasatpi Added
16-Dec-2010 15:23 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative]
29-Dec-2010 08:31 krasatpi Updated

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