2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash

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2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash

A Russian Mil-Mi-8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.
Occurrence
Date	April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27)
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Near Shatoy, Chechnya, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Mil Mi-8
Operator	Russian Air Force
Registration	65-gray[1]
Occupants	20
Passengers	17
Crew	3
Fatalities	20
Survivors	0

The 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash occurred on April 27, 2007, when a Russian Armed Forces Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying special forces troops and officers crashed in mountainous terrain in southern Chechnya, killing all 20 people on board.

The incident is the largest officially acknowledged loss of life for federal troops in Chechnya in 2007 and the worst Russian military aircraft disaster since August 2002, when an enormous Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter packed with troops crashed into a minefield after being hit by a missile, killing 127 soldiers.