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Another Mi-24 crashed in Chechenya

Grozny, Chechenya - This time was a technical failure

The Chechen guerrillas have already shot down three helicopters of the Russian army since last August, but this time they cannot have any "merit". Indeed the Mi-24, crashed yesterday with three military officials, has reported technical problems that the investigators will have to specify in the next hours. The crew is miraculously unharmed while the helicopter has been completely destroyed in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 35781
Rome, Italy, 11/12/2002 13:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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