Helicopter crashed in Tajikistan
Today a helicopter MI-8 with eleven foreign citizens (Austria, Switzerland, Russia, France, Belgium, Germany and Britain) and a translator (citizien of Tajikistan) crashed in Tajikistan. It happened in the eastern part of the country in Gorno-Badakhshan, Shugnan district. AsiaPlus reports that one of the pilots died and the others together with passengers got injured.
“According to the preliminary data, the helicopter dapped and burst into flames about 80 kilometers to the east of Khorog, in Gunt valley” – says the source.
After the accident two helicopters from Tajik Air and Aga Khan Development Network immediately went to the accident site to rescue the passengers and the pilots.
on April 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
please, i would like to knox what is the name of the french organisation that was responsible for the tourists? What are the name of french tourists and the french guide(uiagm)Thanks. It was a crash accident . The tourists were on a heliski-trip.