The Russians lost a Mi-8 helicopter due to an emergency landing

25 August, 2024 A Russian Mi-8 after an emergency landing. Source: Russian Telegram channel Pionergrupa The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lost an Mi-8 helicopter due to an emergency landing.

The Russian Telegram channel Pionergrupa reported on this. It is reported that the helicopter was able to escape from heavy fire from Ukrainian forces, but sustained damage to its controls, which led the crew to decide to land the helicopter. The Russian Telegram channel Pionergrupa states that the helicopter crew survived.

According to the published photo, as a result of the hard landing, the tail beam of the helicopter was severely damaged and partially separated from the central part of the fuselage.

A Russian Mi-8 after an emergency landing. Source: Russian Telegram channel Pionergrupa

This indicates that the tail shaft has sustained significant damage in the form of deformation or fracture. The helicopter's main rotors were significantly deformed as a result of the landing, and it can also be spotted that one of the blades is missing some sections, another is seriously deformed, and another has detached from the ,,heel".

In addition, the helicopter's landing gear supports were completely destroyed and the ramp was damaged. In general, it can be concluded that the helicopter's fuselage is not repairable; as a result of the hard landing, it was cracked and destroyed, and this also applies to components and assemblies that also likely suffered significant damage. In addition, it is difficult to evacuate a combat vehicle, even if it has landed far from the line of contact.

Illustrative photo of a Russian Mi-8.

Photo from open sources.

This may involve the evacuation of surviving and repairable components, so the helicopter can be considered destroyed as a result of the accident.

In January, Militarnyi reported that a Russian Mi-8??V-5 helicopter had an emergency landing on the ?3 highway near the Sevsky district of the Bryansk region.

Mi-8MTV-8.

Photo from social media

The helicopter visually suffered damage to the front landing gear and the tail rotor.