Passengers 11 Survivors 0 Date 27 January 2002 Survivor 0 Crew count 3 | Fatalities 14 Aircraft type Mil Mi-8 Number of deaths 14 Passenger count 11 | |
Summary Shot down by 9K38 Igla missile Site Near Shelkovskaya, Nadterechny District, Chechnya Operator Ministry of Internal Affairs Similar 2002 Prestige Airlines B, 2002 Iran Antonov An‑140 cr, Laoag International Airlines Fl, America West Airlines Fl, Swiss International Airlines Fl | ||
The 2002 Shelkovskaya Mil Mi-8 crash in Chechnya killed 14 people, including senior Russian officers, among them the deputy Interior Minister Mikhail Rudchenko.
On January 27, 2002, a Russian Interior Ministry Mil Mi-8 was shot down and exploded near Shelkovskaya in Nadterechny District, killing 14 people including crew. Among those killed in the crash were Lieutenant-General Mikhail Rudchenko responsible for security in the Southern Federal District, and Major-General Nikolai Goridov, deputy commander of the Internal Troops, as well as Colonels Oriyenko, Stepanenko, and Trafimov.
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