.jpg) A Russian Mil-Mi-8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident. | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 September 2006 |
| Summary | Disputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather) |
| Site | Near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Mil Mi-8 |
| Operator | Russian Ground Forces |
| Registration | Unknown |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 3 |
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The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash was a helicopter crash near Vladikavkaz. The crash 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 militant group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.[1]