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On January 17, Mi-8 military helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces made an emergency landing in the Bryansk region. The helicopter lande on the highway.
Local sources shared footage from the spot, which confirmed that the tale of the aircraft was damaged:
The Ministry of Defense confirmed the incident, claiming that according to preliminary reports, the reason could have been a technical malfunction. The crew was not injured.
The governor of the region confirmed the accident. As a result of the emergency landing, a high-voltage line was damaged, four districts of the region were de-energized. The electricity supplies were soon restored.
no crew injured, rotor craft can be salvaged, not bad considering.
russian crew not good in handling their own equipment. from sneaky techies that destroyed a docked russian ship in one boom, to a damaged aircraft and now a faulty helicopter.
since the 1983, 256 american fighters have fallen (combat losses). + 8,540 in vietnam:
wikipedia:
list of combat losses of united states military aircraft since the vietnam war
us army aviation crashes (had to make spacing to links ‘cos sf policy):
w ww .military . com / topics / aviation-accidents
after the vietnam war, us has only 50 air victories globally.
that will buff out.
the alleged shooting down of the a-50 propagated by the ukrainian defense ministry and endorsed by british intelligence, the same one that stated that russia was fighting with shovels. he did not present a credible photo. quite strange story, maybe it’s to help zelensky on another tour to ask for money. hello, look what “we” did!
could be maintenence or it a bird strike. bird hits the tail rotor, it has the potential to bend the blades. if the blades are bent, they can make contact with the affixed tail and shred/damage it. have seen this occurre before on a uh-60 about a decade ago. crew survived incident but the helicopter took more damage and looked to be a write off. wait until the investigation is published. these incidents usually have a quick investigation and gets published in the local news within a week.