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| 14 border guards killed in helicopter crash in Azerbaijan |
| 2021-12-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] An accident involving a helicopter on a training flight killed 14 people and injured two others, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan reported today. The Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case on violation of flight rules. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote , a military helicopter crashed today during a training flight at the Garageybat airfield in the Khizi region, there are dead and wounded. As a result of the helicopter crash, 14 people were killed, two more were injured. The helicopter made an emergency landing during a training flight. The causes of the crash are being investigated, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. The department also circulated a message with a list of the dead, among whom there are high-ranking officers. The disaster killed one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, five majors, four captains, one senior lieutenant, one lieutenant and one civilian, it follows from the message. In connection with the crash of a military helicopter of the State Border Service during a training flight, a criminal case has been initiated under the article on violation of flight rules or flight preparation, which inadvertently resulted in the death of two or more persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told in the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, according to a statement on the agency's website. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Could have been a mechanical. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2021-12-01 22:15 |
| #1 A 'training flight' with passengers, so pilot error? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-01 15:17 |