Sadly to report yesterday a Ka-32 helicopter with a Russian crew crashed in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Kalimantan Island. Three Russian citizens died in the crash — the pilot, flight engineer and the mechanic. It's reported that the copter, engaged in timber-hauling, crashed under conditions of a torrential tropical rain and burst into flames in an outlying area of the jungle.
The last accident with a KA-32 in Malaysia was in April 2004. It was also a ship of the Vladivostok-based Avialift company. In this accident the pilot died.
Avialift was involved in several accidents with russian helicopters around the world. Another KA-32 accident happened on 06-15-99 in Indonesia. A Mi-8, crashed a few years ago in Haiti, where Avialift was working for the United Nations. All crewmembers died.
Avialift is only such a provider and "consultant" not a operator. hiring the ships from different russian sources.
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