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2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash

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2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash
Occurrence
DateSeptember 11, 2006 (2006-09-11)
SummaryDisputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather)
SiteNear Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Aircraft typeMil Mi-8
OperatorRussian Ground Forces
Passengers12
Crew3
Fatalities12
Injuries3
Survivors3

The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash near Vladikavkaz killed 12 Russian military men, mostly high-ranking officers, among them Lieutenant-General Pavel Yaroslavtsev, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General Viktor Guliaev, deputy chief of army medical units, and Major-General Vladimir Sorokin.

The Ossetian rebel group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.[1]

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