18-01-2023: fatal Ukrainian H225/EC225 incident involving Ukrainian Secr/Minister near Kiev...

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...see
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/305936

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Ukrainian Ministry of Interior H225

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Ukrainian Ministry of Interior H225

Yup, very much looks like it:
https://twitter.com/Dmojavensis/status/ ... 7609314305

Head of UA National Police:

the Minister and
Vice Minister of Internal Affairs
have perished in the crash of H225 helicopter this morning in Brovary, Kyiv suburb.

Total 16 people confirmed dead, 2 children among them.
9 people were onboard the helicopter.

...it was apparently (very) near a kindergarten...

[RobertMB]

Ukrainian Ministry of Interior H225

State Emergency Service of Ukraine Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma Mk2+ 54 Blue, c/n 2708

Greetz Robert

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reported as 54 blue

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Terrible crash of a Ukrainian EC-225 near Kyiv.

This accident killed 18 people, including the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior. The helicopter crashed near a kindergarten at 8:20 a.m. l9cal time on January 18, 2023 in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv.

There were 9 people on board, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, his first deputy minister and his secretary of state.
On the ground, nine people died, including three children.
30 people were injured (including 12 children), who were hospitalized The accident is under investigation.

According to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, the helicopter involved is the EC-225 with the number "54".
Picture :
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 3752641622

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...some remarks made thru the links below could be interesting for some:

https://www.konflikty.pl/aktualnosci/wi ... smiglowca/ Polish
/
https://translate.google.com/?sl=pl&tl= ... =translate English machine translation.

[hammarö]

The crashed helicopter have had problem with the rotors with former user.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7aVZni ... rt_radio=1

Does the helicopter have had Canadian user?