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Chechen guerrillas attack Russian helicopter, no casualties reported

Grozny, Chechen - The Mi-8 performed an emergency landing

It has been forced to an emergency landing a helicopter of the Russian Airforce Mi-8 under the enemy fire of the Chechen guerrillas. Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, head of Russian aviation, has declared, that the incident has happened yesterday evening in the region of Vedeno, near the city of Eshilkhotoi He has then specified that no victim were reported among the troops on board. (0012)

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 45272
Rome, Italy, 05/14/2003 15:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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