Incident report
Mil Mi-17 crash near Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
serious2014-07-03
Summary
A Taliban rocket attack on Kabul International Airport destroyed the Afghan President's Mi-17 and substantially damaged three other Mi-17 helicopters parked on the ground. Nobody was aboard any of the aircraft. This record covers the attack as a single occurrence; four airframes were affected in total.
Incident details
Date
2014-07-03
Location
Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
Aircraft
Operator
Operator type
military
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Occupants
0
Probable cause
Phase of flight
ground
34.5658, 69.2122
Quick stats
Severityserious
Fatalities0
Injuries0
SourceWall Street Journal
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