[NVG]

التاريخ: الثلاثاء 25 ديسمبر 2012 الموافق 12 صفر 1434هـ
المكان: مدينة كيروفوجراد وسط أوكرانيا
نوع الطائرة: هليكوبتر مي 8/ Mi8

الضحايا: 5 أشخاص

لقي خمسة أشخاص مصرعهم، في تحطم طائرة هليكوبتر، اليوم الثلاثاء، في وسط أوكرانيا.
ونقلت شبكة " إيه بي سي نيوز" الإخبارية عن السلطات الأوكرانية قولها: إن "هذه الطائرة تحطمت في مدينة كيروفوجراد".
وذكرت السلطات، أن هذا الحادث أسفر عن مصرع خمسة أشخاص، وأشارت إلى أنه بدأ إجراء تحقيق؛ من أجل التعرف على أسباب تحطم هذه الطائرة.

A police helicopter belonging to Ukraine's Interior Ministry crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday in the central part of the country, killing five people on board, officials said

25 December 2012 Ukraine helicopter crash in Kirovograd kills five

ShareFacebookTwitter
A police helicopter belonging to Ukraine's Interior Ministry crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday in the central part of the country, killing five people on board, officials said.
The Mi-8 helicopter slammed into the ground at about 1400 GMT (9 a.m. EST) just after taking off from an airport in the city of Alexandria in the Kirovograd region, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of the capital, Kiev, ministry spokesman Serhiy Burlakov said.

Investigators were working to determine what caused the helicopter to hit the ground as it was gaining speed Tuesday afternoon, Burlakov said. Three of the dead were crew members, and two were ground staff on board the helicopter.

The Mi-8 is a workhorse helicopter used widely in civilian and military aviation in former Soviet states. Mi-8 crashes are often blamed on poor maintenance, aging equipment, a disregard for safety regulations and a cost-cutting mentality.