Russia 18 dead in midair helo to helo

[2016parks]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-r...-idUSKBN1KP086

Mi-8 helicopter which was carrying external suspended cargo and no passengers completed take-off first. Second to take off was a Mi-8 helicopter carrying passengers,” the watchdog said.“After take-off, according to early reports, the Mi-8 carrying passengers knocked into the external cargo of the other helicopter, for reasons unknown. As a result it fell, broke apart and caught fire,” the watchdog said, adding weather conditions were normal.

[2016parks]

The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a probe into a Russian airline's Mi-8 helicopter crash Saturday in Siberia that killed all 18 people aboard. The helicopter, which belonged to UTair, a Russian airline, crashed Saturday morning in the north of Krasnoyarsk region, eastern Siberia, near the Vankor oil pumping station. Fifteen passengers and three crew members aboard the helicopter were killed, a source at the emergency services told the state-owned TASS news agency. The Mi-8, flying at an altitude of about 328 feet, hooked rotor blades with the cargo of a Mi-26 helicopter of the same company flying nearby before the crash, a report on Investigative Committee's website said. The Mi-26 helicopter made an emergency landing and no one was hurt in that aircraft. So, does the second helo carry anything other than the Mark I eyeball that would inform it of the “extended height envelope” of the first helo?

[SASless]

So, does the second helo carry anything other than the Mark I eyeball that would inform it of the “extended height envelope” of the first helo?

Nope....none....nada....nyet.....just the standard issue sets of eyes on 2-3 crew members in the Mil-8.

It appears as though there was a Collective Eye-Brain Interface failure in order to not see a Mil-26 with an Underslung Load....don't you think?

[jimf671]

ASN Entry

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=214024

Already in ASN and a list of links to sources there.

Part of a substantial list of Mi-8/Mi-17 accidents but then one also has to consider that the total number built of these types is very large.