Mi-8 helicopter makes emergency landing on Sakhalin highway
A Mi-8 helicopter with Sakhalin electoral commission staff made a hard landing directly on the highway in Dolinsky District.
Consensus
- The Mi-8 helicopter made an emergency landing on a highway in Dolinsky District, Sakhalin.
- The helicopter was returning from Cape Terpenny, where early voting for the State Duma elections took place.
- The aircraft ran out of fuel, causing both engines to shut down.
- The helicopter landed on the roadway and then rolled into a ditch.
- There were eight people on board: three crew members, one representative of the Sakhalin election commission, and four journalists.
- All individuals on board sustained only minor injuries such as bruises and scratches.
- No casualties or damage to vehicles occurred on the road.
- The incident happened on September 2, around 16:00 local time.
- The helicopter was used to support early voting in remote areas and was provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Points of divergence
- No one was injured on board the helicopter. — tg_currenttime
- The helicopter cut tree tops with its blades during landing. — riamo
- The helicopter was 5 km away from the destination airfield when it crashed. — riamo
- The helicopter was 5 km from the airfield when it crashed. — tg_mash
- The helicopter was a military Mi-8 of the Russian Air Force (VKS). — tg_astrapress
- The helicopter was approaching the Sokol airfield and was about 1 km from the runway when it began losing altitude. — vesti
- The helicopter belonged to Air Squadron No. 11 from Khabarovsk. — interfax
- The landing occurred near the settlement of Sokol. — vm
Coverage (9 sources)
- Mi-8 helicopter crashed directly onto the roadway in Sakhalin. Inside were an election committee worker, the crew, and four journalists... — Настоящее Время
- Shock video: helicopter made a hard landing and chopped down trees on Sakhalin — РИАМО
- Moment of emergency landing of Mi-8 with election commission members on Sakhalin. — Baza
- Footage of emergency landing of MI-8 helicopter with election commission members on Sakhalin. Passengers and crew suffered only bruises and scratches... — Mash
- Military Mi-8 with Sakhalin election commission staff crashed onto highway — ASTRA
- On Sakhalin, a helicopter with election commission staff hard-landed on the highway — Вести
- Helicopter landed on the roadway in Sakhalin — Интерфакс
- Mi-8 helicopter made a hard landing on Sakhalin — Вечерняя Москва
- Helicopter Mi-8 with Sakhalin election commission staff made a hard landing directly on the road in Dolinsky district. — Mash