2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash

When

19 Aug 2002

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

43.30° N, 45.77° E

Description

shoot-down of a Russian Air Force helicopter by Chechen separatists

Deaths

127

Injured

20

Shootdown of a Russian helicopter in the Second Chechen War

On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen separatists armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. It is also the deadliest aviation disaster ever suffered by the Russian Armed Forces.

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