Mi-8 crash near Bukavu on 9 March 2013
Un Mil Mi-8 · Difficult weather conditions, failure to observe the minimum low altitude
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
- 4 · 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
- 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
- Charter & commuter
Mil Mi-8
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
The Mi-8 crash near Bukavu on 9 March 2013 was the crash of a UN helicopter belonging to the airline “UTair”, near the city of Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
While flying in difficult weather conditions (torrential rain) in mountainous terrain, the helicopter struck a mountain slope at an altitude of 2460 m at 10:34 local time. The helicopter's crew of four, working under contract with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was flying from Shabunda to Bukavu. There were no passengers or cargo on board. The helicopter was found destroyed and partially burned in inaccessible terrain. All four crew members on board the helicopter were killed.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Катастрофа Ми-8 под Букаву 9 марта 2013 года” (revision 149984009, 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 под Букаву 9 марта 2013 года
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 149984009 · 2025-11-15 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q15913937
- 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 под Букаву 9 марта 2013 года" (page 5961844, revision 149984009), translated into English with AI assistance
- 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
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A UTair helicopter and crew working under contract for the UN mission: a helicopter service for hire. The article: "The helicopter's crew of four, working under contract with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was flying from Shabunda to Bukavu."
- 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.