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Garaheybat helicopter crash
A Mil Mi-17 during military drills similar to the one that crashed.
Occurrence
Date30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)
SiteGaraheybat training zone
Total fatalities14
Total injuries2
Aircraft
Aircraft typeHelicopter
Aircraft nameMil Mi-17
OperatorState Border Service of Azerbaijan
Flight originSangachal airfield
DestinationGaraheybat training zone
Occupants17

2021 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-17 crash, also known as Garaheybat helicopter crash (Template:Lang-az) occurred on 30 November 2021, during military drills of Azerbaijani State Border Service (SBS) Mil Mi-17 helicopter in the Garaheybat training zone located in the Khizi District.[1] [2] According to preliminary reports, 14 people were killed and two were injured in the helicopter crash.[3] This was the largest aircraft crash in the history of Azerbaijan's law enforcement agencies.[4]

Immediately after the accident, the representatives of the SBS and the Prosecutor General's Office arrived at scene. An investigation was launched under the leadership of Deputy Chief of the Prosecutor General's Office Elchin Mammadov. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.[5]

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other political figures in the country, foreign embassies in Azerbaijan, as well as international organizations expressed condolences to the victims.

Background

The deadliest helicopter crash in the history of Azerbaijan took place on 20 November 1991, near Karakend, in Khojavend District, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including senior government officials. Furthermore, on 24 July 2019, an Azerbaijani Air Force MIG-29 aircraft carrying out drills suddenly disappeared from radars. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Rashad Atakishiyev, went missing as the plane crashed into the Caspian Sea. His body was recovered after a long-running search.[6]

Crash

On 30 November 2021, at about 10:40 local time, an Azerbaijani State Border Service Mil Mi-17 helicopter took off from the Sangachal airfield and crashed during drills at the Garaheybat training zone, located within the Khizi District.[7][8][9]The head of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, Elchin Guliyev, stated that the pilot was experienced and that he was a participant in the First Karabakh War, that the helicopter was almost new and had recently been repaired..[10] Guliyev stated that the black box of the helicopter was found, adding that no outside forces were involved in the incident.[11]

According to preliminary reports, two colonels, five majors, four captains, two lieutenants and a contractor were killed, while a colonel and a captain were injured in the crash. [12]

Aftermath

Immediately after the incident, the representatives of the State Border Service and the Prosecutor General's Office arrived at scene. A criminal case under Article 352.2 of the Criminal Code (violation of flight or flight preparation rules caused the death of two or more people through negligence) and other articles was initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office and the investigation was taken under special control by the Prosecutor General.[13] The investigation team investigating the helicopter crash was headed by Deputy Chief of the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office Elchin Mammadov.[14] The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.[15] The bodies of the victims were brought to the Forensic Medical Expertise and Pathological Anatomy Association of the Ministry of Health in Baku, and after examination they were handed over to their families.[16]

The head of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan Elchin Guliyev stated that the soldiers died in the accident would be given the status of "martyrs", noting that President Ilham Aliyev instructed to clarify the details of the incident, bury the fallen and do everything necessary to treat the wounded. Guliyev said he spoke on the phone with the two servicemen injured in the accident and that their state was normal.[11]

The lack of more detailed information as the time passed since the incident, and the fact that the accident occurred immediately after the meetings in Ashgabat and Sochi, raised questions in the Azerbaijani public. Political scientist Zardusht Alizadeh rejected the conspiracy theories, and added there were no suspicious case in the incident. He also stressed that this was not the first accident in the history of Azerbaijan, adding that such accidents occurr all over the world.[17]

Reactions

Domestic

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,[18] Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva,[19][20] and Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova expressed their condolences to the families of the victims.[21]

International

UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Vladanka Andreeva said she was saddened by the news of the tragic helicopter crash in Khizi and expressed her deep condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.[22] The Organization of Turkic States offered its condolences to Azerbaijan.[23]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to offer his condolences to the servicemen killed in a helicopter crash.[24] Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar expressed condolences to Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov and Chief of the State Border Service General Elchin Guliyev. Turkish Foreign Ministry, Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mustafa Şentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,[25] Turkish President's Spokesman İbrahim Kalın,[26] Turkish Presidential Administration Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun,[27]Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy,[28] chairman of the İYİ Party Meral Akşener[29] and former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım[30] expressed their condolences to the people of Azerbaijan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh expressed his deep condolences to the government and people of Azerbaijan, as well as to the families of those killed in the tragic crash of a military helicopter.[31]

The Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan,[32] the Italian Embassy in Azerbaijan,[33] the Palestinian Embassy in Azerbaijan,[34] the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross,[35] the British Ambassador to Azerbaijan James Sharp,[36] the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Dick[37] and the Kazakh Embassy[38] in Azerbaijan expressed condolences to the Azerbaijani people.

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