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Shootdown of the Mi-24 helicopter (1992)

6 Aug 1992 · Unknown location

Mil Mi-24

From Azerbaijan to an unrecorded destination

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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
3 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
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
0
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
Military

Mil Mi-24

Aircraft type
Mil MI-24
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
Unknown
Operator
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
3
Route
From AzerbaijanTo not recorded

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The shootdown of the Mi-24 helicopter was an incident on 6 August 1992, during the Karabakh War, in which a combat helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan was shot down with a missile by Armenians near Gasapet.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia article “Mi-24 helikopterinin vurulması (1992)” (revision 8038525, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Azerbaijani Wikipedia article: Mi-24 helikopterinin vurulması (1992)
Article
Mi-24 helikopterinin vurulması (1992)
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
8038525 · 2025-02-21 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q25547444
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
az Wikipedia article "Mi-24 helikopterinin vurulması (1992)" (page 452362, revision 8038525), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An Azerbaijani combat helicopter shot down during the Karabakh War: a military flight. The article: "a combat helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan was shot down with a missile by Armenians near Gasapet"
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.