A Mi-17 military helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan’s border service crashed Tuesday during a training exercise, claiming 14 lives onboard and injuring two others, authorities said.
At about 10:40 am, a Mi-17 military helicopter crashed at the Garaheybat training ground, located in the Khyzi region of Azerbaijan, 70 kilometers from Baku, media reported.
As a result of the accident, 14 people out of 18 on board the aircraft were killed, two were injured, according to Jam news agency.
13 of the dead were officers of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan. Among them was one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, five majors, four captains, a senior lieutenant, a lieutenant, and one civilian, the news agency reported.
Two officers were also wounded, they were hospitalized, and their condition is assessed as satisfactory, the state border service reported.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
” We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of crew members as a result of the crash of a military helicopter of the State Border Service on November 30, 2021 at the “Garaheybat” aviation landfill in the Khizi region,” President Aliyev said in a statement. “We share the pain of this heavy loss with you, share your grief, and express our deepest condolences to you and your relatives together with Mehriban Aliyeva,” he added.
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