Ka-226 Crash in Dagestan
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Ka-226 Crash in Dagestan
7th Nov: Video
A helicopter ..... has crashed in Dagestan, killing several people
The Ka-226 helicopter went down near a tourist camp not far from the city of Izberbash. There were seven people on board, four of whom died in the crash.
Reports say the helicopter destroyed a private house on the ground, but no one was inside.
The helicopter that crashed in Dagestan was carrying.... employees of a sanctioned factory.
A company serving the occupying forces In 2024, the Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant was included in the EU’s 14th package of sanctions for developing and producing aircraft control systems, as well as external and onboard equipment.
According to Russian media, the four employees of the plant died today while traveling from Kizlyar to Izberbash......
Reports say the cause of the accident was a “technical malfunction.”
The Ka-226 helicopter went down near a tourist camp not far from the city of Izberbash. There were seven people on board, four of whom died in the crash.
Reports say the helicopter destroyed a private house on the ground, but no one was inside.
The helicopter that crashed in Dagestan was carrying.... employees of a sanctioned factory.
A company serving the occupying forces In 2024, the Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant was included in the EU’s 14th package of sanctions for developing and producing aircraft control systems, as well as external and onboard equipment.
According to Russian media, the four employees of the plant died today while traveling from Kizlyar to Izberbash......
Reports say the cause of the accident was a “technical malfunction.”
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Shows losing the tail and flying out of control/
Shows losing the tail and flying out of control/
Last edited by peter we; 8th November 2025 at 18:45.
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https://t.me/noel_reports/36652
This shows the actual crash, it falls vertically from a height.
Something fell off, indicating it was "hovering" there for 5 seconds before hitting the ground
Doesn't make sense to me.
Did the passengers (pilot incapacitated) manage to stop it moving and switched off the fuel while it was hovering???
This shows the actual crash, it falls vertically from a height.
Something fell off, indicating it was "hovering" there for 5 seconds before hitting the ground
Doesn't make sense to me.
Did the passengers (pilot incapacitated) manage to stop it moving and switched off the fuel while it was hovering???
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AFAIK, coaxial helis do not require a tail to steer. Was the pilot even aware that the tail was broken? Until the dangling tail struck and damaged the rotor, the pilot seemed to have no issues with control and could have been looking for a better landing spot or even considering going back to the airport.
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Time will tell.
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Why anyone would go to trouble to generate such a fake video puzzles me, but perhaps the challenge is to see how realistic they can make it look. The flight seems bizzare and several other aspects seem suspect but the thing that was telling was when right side main wheel vanishes momentarily after heli lifts out of the water again. As if a rendering glitch.
Time will tell.
Time will tell.
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But anyway, I can accept this was real footage despite how strange it seemed, especially given the separate security camera footage of the apparent same helo crashing alongside a small building.
ASN Wikibase has an entry for it. Apparently seven on board, of which two managed to survive:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/561628
For a similarly inexplicable accident from years ago, there was this Mi14 that made a hard landing on water then pilot attempted to take off again with drastic results:
Back then, people like me were less likely to wonder what is fake (but sophisticated) and what isn't.
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For a similarly inexplicable accident from years ago, there was this Mi14 that made a hard landing on water then pilot attempted to take off again with drastic results:
Returning to the video under discussion, I too suspected it was not real. But, it looks real enough, until proven otherwise. I have zero experience with co axial rotor helicopters, but I suppose that the fact that the tail was still hanging [by cables?] probably kept the helicopter balanced enough that the seriousness of the damage was not suspected by the pilot, as it seemed to still fly reasonably well. But, I would have thought that a hit that hard, and what must have been quite a crunch, would have inspired the pilot to want to be on the surface!
