On 6 October 2010. a

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military helicopter from the

Tajik National Guard The National Guard (russian: Национальная гвардия Таджикистана; tg, Гвардияи миллии Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон), formerly called the Brigade of Special Mission and Presidential Guard, also ...

crashed in the

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close to

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, Tajikistan, killing all 28 people on board. The helicopter became caught in power lines and crashed while attempting to land. It was the deadliest accident in Tajik aviation since 1997.

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