Mi-8 crash in Nepal on 3 March 2008
Vertikal-T Mil Mi-8 · Causes unknown
From Maoist camp in Sindhuli to Kathmandu
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
- 10 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- 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
- Unknown
- 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
- Charter & commuter
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-27019
- Operator
- Vertikal-T
- Onboard fatalities
- 10
- Route
- From Maoist camp in SindhuliTo Kathmandu
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 Mi-8 crash in Nepal on 3 March 2008 was the air disaster of a transport helicopter of the Russian airline Vertikal-T with 3 crew members and 7 passengers on board; all 10 people were killed.
The UN mission's Mi-8MTV-1 transport helicopter, returning from a Maoist camp in Sindhuli (eastern Nepal) to Kathmandu with mission staff on board (three Nepalese citizens, as well as citizens of Gambia, Indonesia, South Korea and Sweden), collided with a mountainside at an altitude of 1400 m while flying in rainy conditions.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ми-8 в Непале 3 марта 2008 года” (revision 142592868, 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
Russian Wikipedia article: Катастрофа Ми-8 в Непале 3 марта 2008 года
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 142592868 · 2025-01-09 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q16662515
- 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
- ru Wikipedia article "Катастрофа Ми-8 в Непале 3 марта 2008 года" (page 4388902, revision 142592868), 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): A helicopter of the Russian operator Vertikal-T flying for the UN mission with its staff: a helicopter service hired under contract. The article: "The UN mission's Mi-8MTV-1 transport helicopter, returning from a Maoist camp in Sindhuli (eastern Nepal) to Kathmandu with mission staff on board"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.