Draft:2018 UTair Mil Mi-8 crash

2018 UTair Mil Mi-8 crash
	A UTair Mil Mi-8, similar to the one involved
Accident
Date	4 August 2018
Summary	Crashed after colliding with the external load of another helicopter
Site	Igarka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Mil Mi-8AMT
Operator	UTair
Registration	RA-25640
Flight origin	Vankor Field, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Destination	Tarko-Sale, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Occupants	18
Passengers	15
Crew	3
Fatalities	18
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

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Last edited by SignorPignolini (talk | contribs) 45 hours ago. (Update)

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On 4 August, 2018, a UTair Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed on take off from Vankor Field, Krasnoyarsk Krai, killing all 18 people on board. The aircraft was headed to Tarko-Sale, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, carrying oil workers of the company Rosneft. The crash of the helicopter was caused by the collision with the external load of another Mil Mi-8, which had taken off from another nearby helipad.^[1]^[2]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Mil Mi-8AMT helicopter registered as RA-25640 and manufactured in 2010.

References

^ "Accident Mil Mi-8AMT RA-25640 Saturday 4 August 2018". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
^ "Mi-8 helicopter crashes in East Siberia". TASS. August 4, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2025.

[Aviation_Safety_Network-1] "Accident Mil Mi-8AMT RA-25640 Saturday 4 August 2018". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved June 30, 2025.

[TASS-2] "Mi-8 helicopter crashes in East Siberia". TASS. August 4, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2025.

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