This article is a list of accidents and incidents involving helicopters and which are notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. It is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred.

1968

*22 May –

Sikorsky S-61 The Sikorsky S-61L and S-61N are civil variants of the SH-3 Sea King military helicopter. It was developed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The commercial version of the Sea King was developed during the ...

L N303Y, operating Los Angeles Airways Flight 841, suffers a mechanical failure in flight which allows the rotor blades to collide with the aircraft's fuselage. It crashes at

Paramount, California Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098, down from 55,266 at the 2000 census. Paramount is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area and is bord ...

, killing all 23 people on board. *14 August –

L N300Y, operating Los Angeles Airways Flight 417, loses a rotor blade in flight and crashes at Compton, California. All 21 people on board are killed.

1975

*17 January –

Sikorsky S-55 The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom ...

B helicopter crashes in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

while en route from

Reykjavík Airport Reykjavík Airport ( Icelandic: ''Reykjavíkurflugvöllur'') is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, located about from the city centre. Having shorter runways than the city's larger international airport Kef ...

Snæfellsnes The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest ...

1977

*10 May – A Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur of the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...

crashes in the

Jordan Valley The Jordan Valley ( ar, غور الأردن, ''Ghor al-Urdun''; he, עֵמֶק הַיַרְדֵּן, ''Emek HaYarden'') forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley. Unlike most other river valleys, the term "Jordan Valley" often applies just to ...

. All 54 people on board are killed.

1978

*21 June – Two Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the

Imperial Iranian Air Force The history of the Iranian Air Force, currently known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, can be divided into two phases—before the Islamic Revolution, and after it. Imperial era The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch ...

are shot down by the

Soviet Air Defence Forces The Soviet Air Defence Forces (russian: войска ПВО, ''voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony'', ''voyska PVO'', ''V-PVO'', lit. ''Anti-Air Defence Troops''; and formerly ''protivovozdushnaya oborona strany'', ''PVO strany'', lit. ''Anti-Air De ...

after straying into

Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (, ; russian: Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''), also commonly known as Turkmenistan o ...

airspace. One aircraft is destroyed with the loss of eight lives. The other is damaged; it is later repaired with permission from Soviet authorities and returns to Iran. *26 June –

LN-OQS of

Helikopter Service CHC Helikopter Service, previously CHC Norway, CHC Helikopter Service and Helikopter Service is the Norwegian division of CHC Helicopter Corporation. The airline was an independent company until 1999. It operates primarily to oil platforms on ...

loses a rotor blade in flight and crashes into the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...

off

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, Norway. All eighteen people on board are killed.

1981

*13 August –

Westland Wessex The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34 (in US service known as Choctaw). It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft (later Westland Helicopters). One of the main chang ...

G-ASWI of Bristow Helicopters suffers an engine failure and

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in the

off the coast of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, United Kingdom. All thirteen people on board are killed.

1982

*23 July – Bell UH-1 Iroquois N87701 of Western Helicopters is damaged by pyrotechnic explosions while a scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie is being filmed at Indian Dunes, California. Actor

Vic Morrow Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series '' Combat!'' (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstand ...

and two child actors are killed on the ground. *14 September – Bell 212 G-BDIL owned by Bristow Helicopters crashes while on a nighttime search and rescue mission in the North Sea, killing all six crew members on board.

1983

*16 July –

G-BEON of

British Airways British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers ...

crashes into the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

between the coast of

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

and the Isles of Scilly. Twenty of the 26 people on board are killed.

1986

*18 June – Bell 206 N6TC of Helitech collides with Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States. All five people on board are killed, as are all twenty people on board the

de Havilland Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, which produced the aircraft from 1965 to 1988; Viking Air purchased the type certificate, then restarted ...

that it collided with. *6 November – Boeing 234LR Chinook G-BWFC of

British International Helicopters British International Helicopter Services (BIH), owned by Bristow Group, is a British-owned helicopter operator. It operates a fleet of ten helicopters covering search and rescue, offshore, defence, charter and flying training activities from i ...

suffers a mechanical failure. The aircraft ditches at sea off Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, killing 45 of the 47 people on board.

1988

*13 July –

N G-BEID of

suffers an engine fire and

into the

off the Shetland Islands. All 21 people on board are rescued.

1990

*27 August – A Bell 206 helicopter crashes into the side of a ski slope in

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, killing all five people on board including Stevie Ray Vaughan.

1991

*4 April – A Bell 412 and

Piper Aerostar The Piper Aerostar (formerly Ted Smith Aerostar) is an American twin-engined propeller-driven executive or light transport aircraft, designed by Ted R. Smith. It was originally built by Ted Smith Aircraft Company, which after 1978 became part o ...

collide in mid-air in a suburb of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. All five people on both aircraft, including United States senator

John Heinz Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Heinz represented the Pittsburgh suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and ...

, along with two children on the ground, are killed. *25 October – A Bell 206 crashes into a high-voltage transmission tower near

Vallejo, California Vallejo ( ; ) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. Vallejo is home to th ...

, during bad weather. All three on board are killed, including Bill Graham. *20 November – A Mil Mi-8 belonging to the Azerbaijani Government is shot down by the Armenian military during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and crashes near

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. All 22 people on board are killed.

1992

*28 January – An Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 is shot down near

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by Armenian forces. All 44 people on board are killed.

1993

*26 November – Aérospatiale AS 355 F1 ZK-HIT of the New Zealand Police collides in mid-air with Piper Archer ZK-ENX over

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

. Both aircraft crash, killing all four people on board.

1994

*2 June – Boeing Chinook HC2 ZD576 of the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

crashes on the

Mull of Kintyre The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly ''Cantyre'') in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland is visible on a calm and clear day, and a historic lighthouse, the second ...

Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

. All 29 people on board are killed.

1995

*19 January – Aérospatiale AS332 Super Puma G-TIGK, operating Bristow Flight 56C is struck by lightning and ditches in the

off the coast of Aberdeenshire. All eighteen people on board survive.

1997

*4 February – Two Sikorsky S-65C-3 Yas'ur 2000s of the

collide in mid-air over

She'ar Yashuv She'ar Yashuv ( he, שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee in the northeastern Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of . Th ...

and crash. All 73 people on board the two aircraft are killed. *8 September – Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma LN-OPG operating Helikopter Service Flight 451 suffers a mechanical failure and crashes into the

Norwegian Sea The Norwegian Sea ( no, Norskehavet; is, Noregshaf; fo, Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to ...

. All twelve people on board are killed.

2001

*17 September – A Mil Mi-8 of the Russian Armed Forces is shot down at

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...

, Chechnya. All thirteen people on board are killed.

2002

*27 January – A Mil Mi-8 of the

Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

is shot down near

Shelkovskaya Shelkovskaya (russian: Шелковская; ce, Мохне, lit. ''place where is wind'' or Шелковски; ''Moxne'', ''Şelkovski'') is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Shelkovskoy District of the Chechen ...

, Chechnya. All fourteen people on board are killed. *16 July – Sikorsky S-76A G-BJVX of Bristow Helicopters crashes into the

off the coast of

following the loss of its rotor head in flight. All eleven people on board are killed. *19 August – A

Mil Mi-26 The Mil Mi-26 (russian: link=no, Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest and most po ...

of the Russian Air Force is shot down by Chechen separatists and crashes at

Khankala Khankala (russian: Ханкала, ce, Хан-ГӀала, translit=Ẋan-Ġala) is a settlement in Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located to the east of Grozny, the republic's capital. Population: The settlement is the lo ...

, Chechnya. One hundred and twenty-seven people are killed.

2003

*4 December – A Mil Mi-8 of the Polish Air Force crashes near

Piaseczno Piaseczno is a town in east-central Poland with 47,660 inhabitants. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, within the Warsaw metropolitan area, just south of Warsaw, approximately south of its center. It is a popular residential area and ...

. All fifteen people on board, including the Polish Prime Minister,

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, survive.

2005

*26 January – A

Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion, mainly by adding a third engine, adding a seventh blade to the main rotor, ...

crashes while flying during a sandstorm in the

Al-Anbar Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

province of western

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

, near the town of Ar-Rutbah. All 31 occupants were killed. *10 August – Sikorsky S-76C+ OH-HCI, operating Copterline Flight 103, crashes into

Tallinn Bay Tallinn Bay ( et, Tallinna laht) is a bay in Estonia on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. The Estonian capital city Tallinn is located on the southern coast of the bay. Tallinn Bay itself is divided into several parts: Tallinn Roadstea ...

. All fourteen people on board are killed.

2006

*10 December – Bell 412SP N410MA of Mercy Air Services, Inc. crashes near

Hesperia, California Hesperia is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located north of downtown San Bernardino in Victor Valley and surrounded by the Mojave Desert. Because of its relatively high elevation and the unique and moderate w ...

. All three people on board are killed. *27 December – Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin G-BLUN of

CHC Helicopter CHC Helicopter is a Texas-based helicopter services company. CHC Helicopter maintains it global headquarters in Irving, Texas and operates more than 250 aircraft in 30 countries around the world. CHC's major international operating units are b ...

crashes into

Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay is a large estuary in northwest England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park. It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom, covering a total area of . In 1974, the second larges ...

. All six people on board are killed.

2007

*5 March – An Aérospatiale AS 332C1 Super Puma collide in mid-air with a smaller

Diamond DV20 Katana The Diamond DV20/DA20 Katana is an Austrian-designed two-seat general aviation light aircraft. Developed and manufactured by Diamond Aircraft, it was originally produced in Austria as the DV20. The DV20 shares many features from the earlier Diam ...

near the

Zell am See Airport Zell am See Airport (german: Flugplatz Zell am See, ) is a public use airport located south of Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria. Usable for airplanes up to 5.7 tonnes. See also *List of airports in Austria This is a list of airports in Austria, ...

in Austria. All eight people on board the two aircraft were killed. *27 April – A Mil Mi-8 of the Russian Air Force crashes near Shatoy, Chechnya. All twenty people on board are killed. *3 June – A Mil Mi-8 of Paramount Airlines crashes at

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. At least 21 of the 22 people on board are killed. *27 July – Two Eurocopter AS350 AStars collide in mid-air above

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...

. All four people on board the two aircraft are killed. *15 September – A Eurocopter AS350B2 Squirrel piloted by Scottish

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driver

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crashed at

Lanark Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of 9 ...

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. McRae, his five-year-old son Johnny, and two family friends on board were killed.

2008

*12 January – Mil Mi-17

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belonging to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Macedonia crashes near the village of Blace, in the region of Katlanovo,11 ARM soldiers die in copter crash near Katlanovo
''Macedonian Information Agency''. approximately 10–15 kilometres south-east of

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. All 11 individuals aboard the helicopter, including eight passengers and three crew members, are killed.Macedonian helicopter crash kills 11
by Ognen Teofilovski. ''

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''. 13 January 2008.

2009

*17 January – A

Eurocopter AS 532 The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar (now Airbus Helicopters H215M) is a twin-engine, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter developed by France. The AS532 is a development and upgrade of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma in its militarized form. Its civil ...

of the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

crashes shortly after take-off from the

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off the coast of Gabon. Eight of the ten people on board are killed. *12 March – A Sikorsky S-92 suffers a mechanical failure and ditches in the

off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Seventeen of the eighteen people on board are killed. *25 March – A Bell 206L-4 LongRanger crashes into Mount Keş, Turkey, killing all six people on board. *1 April – A Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 of Bond Offshore Helicopters suffers a mechanical failure and crashes into the

off the coast of Aberdeenshire. All sixteen people on board are killed. *3 May – A

Mil Mi-35 The Soviet and later Russian Mil Mi-24 helicopter has been produced in many variants, as described below. History In 1966, Soviet aircraft designer Mikhail Mil created a mock-up design of a new helicopter (derived from the Mil Mi-8) which was ...

of the Venezuelan Army crashes in

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province. All eighteen people on board are killed. *3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass,

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, killing all 41 people on board. *8 August – A

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collides with a

Piper PA-32R The Piper PA-32R is a six-seat, high-performance, single engined, all-metal, fixed-wing aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. The design began life as the Piper Lance, a retractable-gear version of the Piper Cherokee Six. ...

over the

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between

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and

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, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all perish. *2 September – Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's Bell 430 helicopter crashes, killing all five people on board.

2010

*26 July – A Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur of the

crashes in the Bucegi Mountains, Romania. All seven people on board are killed.

2011

*19 April – Mil Mi-172 VT-PHF of

Pawan Hans Pawan Hans Limited is a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It has cumulatively flown more than 1 million hours and has had ...

crashes on landing at

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, India. Seventeen of the 23 people on board are killed. *6 August – A Boeing CH-47 Chinook of the United States Military is shot down by a

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in Afghanistan. All 38 people on board and a military dog are killed.

2012

*10 June – A

Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil The Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (or Squirrel), now Airbus Helicopters H125, is a single-engine light utility helicopter originally designed and manufactured in France by Aérospatiale and Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters). In North America, ...

of the

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crashes in the Ngong Forest. All six people on board are killed. *21 December – Mil Mi-8 RA-27003, operating as United Nations Flight 544, is shot down by the Sudan People's Liberation Army in a friendly fire incident at Likuangole,

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, killing all five people on board.

2013

*16 January – Castle Air

AgustaWestland AW109 The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter designed and initially produced by the Italian rotorcraft manufacturer Agusta. It was the first all-Italian helicopter to ...

G-CRST collides with a crane at

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and crashes. The pilot is killed, as is a pedestrian. *21 March – A Eurocopter

EC155 The Eurocopter EC155 (now Airbus Helicopters H155) is a long-range medium-lift passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter from its Dauphin family for civil aviation use. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can carry up to 13 passenge ...

and a

Eurocopter AS332 The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma) is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter developed and initially produced by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale. It has been subsequently manufactur ...

Super Puma collide on the ground near the

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in Berlin, leaving one crew member dead. *7 April – A Helipac Mil Mi8-PS crashes in the Loreto Region of Peru. All 13 people on board are killed. *2 July –

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Mil Mi-8 RA-22657 crashes near Deputatsky,

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. Twenty-four of the 28 people on board are killed. *23 August – A CHC Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma Mk 2 crashes into the sea 2 nm from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, Scotland while en route from Borgsten Dolphin oil platform. The accident kills four of the passengers; twelve other passengers and two crew were rescued. *29 November – A

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EC135 T2 crashes into a pub in

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, Scotland. Three occupants of the aircraft are killed, as are seven pub patrons.

2014

*13 March –

AgustaWestland AW139 The AgustaWestland AW139 is a medium-lift twin-engined helicopter developed and produced by the Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, later wholly owned by Leonardo S.p.A. It is marketed at several different roles, including V ...

G-LBAL of Haughey Air crashes shortly after take-off from

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, killing all four people on board *12 November – an Armenian

Mil Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been ...

is shot down near Gəngərli village, Aghdam,

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, killing all three crew members.

2015

*9 March – Two Eurocopter AS350B3 Ecureuils LQ-CGK and LQ-FJQ collide in mid-air and crash, killing all ten people on board. *10 March – A United States Army

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ( ...

crashes off the coast of the Florida Panhandle during a training exercise, killing all eleven people on board. *On 8 May 2015, a Pakistan Army Mi-17 crashes near the Naltar area of Gilgit in Gilgit-Baltistan, killing the Norwegian and Philippine ambassadors and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors. Two Army pilots, Major Al-Tamash and Major Faisal, are also killed. The Polish and Dutch ambassadors are injured. *4 August – A

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helicopter crashes in northwestern Colombia, killing 16 of the 18 people on board *21 November – A Eurocopter AS350D Astar helicopter crashes on

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in the South Island of New Zealand, killing all seven people on board.

2016

*14 January – Two U.S. Marine Corps CH53E helicopters collide off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, killing all 12 passengers on board. *29 April – A CHC Helikopter Service

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crashes near Turøy, Norway. All thirteen people on board are killed. *26 June – A Colombian Army Mil Mi-17 crashes in mountainous terrain 180 km north-west of Bogota, killing all 17 passengers on board. *6 July 2016 – Prototype Bell 525 Relentless crashes near

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, destroying the prototype

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helicopter and killing the two occupants. *21 October – A Skol Airlines Mil Mi-8 crashes in Siberia's

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, killing 19 of the 22 people on board.

2017

*10 March – A Sikorsky S-76 crashes in

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, killing all seven people on board. *14 March – A Sikorsky S-92 crashes off County Mayo on

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′s west coast. All four crew members die.

2018

*17 January – A

Bell UH-1H The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered hel ...

Iroquois helicopter crashes and catches fire near

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, killing five of the six people on board. *27 October – An

AgustaWestland AW169 The AgustaWestland AW169 is a twin-engine, 10-seat, 4.8t helicopter developed and manufactured by the helicopter division of Leonardo (formerly AgustaWestland, merged into Finmeccanica since 2016). It was designed to share similarities with the ...

helicopter carrying Leicester City F.C. chairman

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crashes and catches fire outside the

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in Leicester,

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, killing all five people on board.

2020

* *26 January – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter carrying retired basketball player Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria "Gigi" Bryant, crashes outside of

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(TAF)

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, en route to Tatvan District in

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, crashes in Bitlis Province. Eleven servicemen on board are killed in the crash, while two other servicemen survive. *5 March – A

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helicopter carrying Botswana musician

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, crashes in the outskirts of Xumabee near Sojwe. Klaas is killed, but the pilot survives. *7 March – A

carrying French billionaire Olivier Dassault crashes shortly after takeoff in northwestern

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near

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. Dassault and the pilot, the only people on board, are both killed. * 8 December – In the

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, a Mil Mi-17 helicopter carrying the Chief of Defence Staff of India General

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and 13 others crash near

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, killing all the 14 on board.

2023

* 2 January – Two Eurocopter EC130s collided near Sea World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, killing four people and injuring eight. * 18 January - A

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carrying the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine,

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at a kindergarten in

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, a suburb of

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. The crash killed at least eighteen people, including Monastyrsky, while at least 29 others were injured. * 29 March - Two U.S. Army

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helicopters collided during a training mission over

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, killing all 9 people on board.

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