Footage of the Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan has been published

New footage of the Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan on November 8 is published by Izvestia.

The video shows how the aircraft loses control, hits the pier and loses important parts of the structure before falling.

Earlier that day, it became known that the deputy general director and leading specialists of the Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant (KEMZ) were among those killed in the crash of the Ka-226 helicopter in Dagestan.

Private crash: helicopter crash in Dagestan

There were seven people on board at the time of the crash, and a criminal case has been opened.

The KA-226 aircraft of Concern KEMZ JSC crashed at 15:10 Moscow time near the village of Achi-Su on November 7. The helicopter crashed on a private uninhabited house in Achi-Su. A criminal case was opened into the incident under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, which negligently resulted in the death of two or more persons").

A preliminary investigation suggested that a technical malfunction could have been the cause of the crash. Later, the emergency services clarified that the helicopter crash was caused by an engine fire in flight. The Federal Air Transport Agency classifies the incident as a disaster.

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