2021 Garaheybat Mil Mi-17 crash
Aviation incident in Azerbaijan
The Garaheybat Mil Mi-17 crash (Azerbaijani: Qaraheybət helikopter qəzası / Qaraheybət vertolyot qəzası) occurred on 30 November 2021, during military drills of Azerbaijani State Border Service (SBS) Mil Mi-17 helicopter in the Garaheybat training zone located in the Khizi District. Fourteen people were killed and two were injured in the helicopter crash. This was the largest aircraft crash in the history of Azerbaijan's law enforcement agencies.
Immediately after the accident, the representatives of the SBS and the Prosecutor General's Office arrived at scene. An investigation was launched under the leadership of Deputy Chief of the Prosecutor General's Office Elchin Mammadov. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other political figures in the country, foreign embassies in Azerbaijan, as well as international organizations expressed condolences to the victims.
Background
The deadliest helicopter crash in the history of Azerbaijan took place on 20 November 1991, near Karakend, in Khojavend District, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including senior government officials. Furthermore, on 24 July 2019, an Azerbaijani Air Force MIG-29 aircraft carrying out drills suddenly disappeared from radars. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Rashad Atakishiyev, went missing as the plane crashed into the Caspian Sea.
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