2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 11 2006 |
| Summary | Disputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather) |
| Site | Near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia |
| Aircraft type | Mil Mi-8 |
| Operator | Russian Ground Forces |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 3 |
The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash near Vladikavkaz 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 rebel group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.[1]