Skol Airlines Flight 9375
Mil Mi-8 · Spatial disorientation during emergency landing
From Vankor, Krasnoyarsk, Russia to Suzumskoye oil and gas field, Staryi Urengoi, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 19 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 22
- Survivors
- 3
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 3
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Mil Mi-8
- Aircraft type
- Mil MI-8
- Category
- Helicopter · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- RA-22869
- Operator
- Skol Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 19
- Route
- From Vankor, Krasnoyarsk, RussiaTo Suzumskoye oil and gas field, Staryi Urengoi, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Psychological
- Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 21 October 2016, Skol Airlines Flight 9375 crashed in Yamalo-Nenets on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, Russia. Out of the 22 occupants, 19 were killed while 3 survived. The helicopter was transporting 22 passengers and crew, mainly oil and gas workers.
Accident
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was on its way to the Suzumskoye oil and gas field in Staryi Urengoi, Yamalo-Nenets from the Vankor in the Krasnoyarsk region, and was carrying mostly oil and gas workers. The helicopter crashed 45 km northeast of its destination. It fell on its side and victims could not get out. There were three survivors, all of whom were passengers. All three crew members were killed. There were conflicting news reports, some stating that at least 19 people died, and some stating that 21 people were killed.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee, released on 24 August 2017, concluded that the crash resulted from the crew becoming disorientated while attempting an emergency landing due to low fuel, at night and without light reference points.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Skol Airlines Flight 9375
- Article
- Skol Airlines Flight 9375
- Revision
- 1339314608 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q27630528
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Skol Airlines Flight 9375" (page 52127214, revision 1339314608)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.