Draft:2018 UTair Mil Mi-8 crash
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![]() A UTair Mil Mi-8, similar to the one involved | |
Accident | |
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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 |
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
[edit]The aircraft involved was a Mil Mi-8AMT helicopter registered as RA-25640 and manufactured in 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.