News
15.10.2009
Mi-26 lifts Chinook in Afghanistan
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has hired in a Russian Mi-26 to airlift a CH-47 Chinook damaged in a hard landing.
The accident happened on October 13 in the Uruzgan region of Afghanistan damaging the aircraft and leaving it unable to
fly.
The Mi-26 lifted the Chinook and flew it to Kandahar air field and was escorted by a pair of Apaches.
This salvage operation was carried out in close cooperation between the crew of the Mi-26 and the Dutch Joint Support Detachment, which coordinates the deployment of the helicopter. The MI-26 hired is normally used for transporting freight between Kandahar Air Field and Camp Holland in Tarin Kowt and Camp Hadrian in Deh Rawod.
The aircraft is owned by a Russian company and is flown by a Russian crew.
Source: www.shephard.co.uk/news
Published: 15.10.2009
