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Witness of the crash: the helicopter crashed into the sea like a stone
2013 February 11 ( Monday ) 11:46:33



Search continues in the rear of Shikhov beach at the place of the crashed military helicopter Mi-17 of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan. By 15 o'clock, the helicopter has not been raised from the seabed. So far, only the body of one of the three crew members Lieutenant Rustam Rustamov, was found.

Air Force helicopters and the Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES) are flying over the sea in search of bodies of Captain Yashar Ahmadov and Lieutenant Bahruz Zeynalov. Six shops are involved in search.

According to MES, the helicopter crashed in 300 meters from the sea. According to an eyewitness Mohammed Agabekov, (guard of the recreation center "Sahil"), there was a heavy fog, a helicopter flew low, and suddenly fell into the sea. According to an eyewitness, thjere was not any explosion before the fall, as some media report. In this place the water depth is small and does not exceed 3-4 meters.–03C016-


Defense Ministry publishes the names of the dead pilots

Today's crash of the Defense Ministry helicopter caused the deaths of captain Yashar Ahmadov, lieutenant Rustam Rustamov and lieutenant Bahruz Zeynalov, according to the press service of the Defense Ministry. The body of Rustam Rustamov was found by 14 o'clock; the search for the remaining crew members continues.

Defense Ministry expresses condolences to the families of the victims.

The crash occurred at 10:30 am in the area of the Shikhovo beach, near Baku. The helicopeter MI-17 crashed into the sea, 300 meters from the shore. Cause of the crash is unknown. -02D-


Three people killed in the crash of a helicopter MI-17

On Monday at about 11 a.m. in Shikhovo (southern outskirt of Baku), a defense helicopter MI-17 crashed and fell into the sea. As a result, three crew members were killed. It has become known from military sources that the helicopter took off from the military airport in Gala and flew to Kurdamir. The cause of the crash is unknown. Work is under way to remove the dead bodies.

The press service of the Defense Ministry did not respond to requests and has not yet made any statements.

The rescue operations are conducted by the Ministry of Emergency, which has not yet released official reports either.

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Azerbaijan, South Korea Interested In Georgian APCs?
February 11, 2013 - 10:25am, by Joshua Kucera The Bug Pit Georgia

GeoMK.21, Wikimedia Commons

Didgori armored personnel carriers, soon on their way to Azerbaijan and Korea?
Georgia's brand-new domestically produced armored vehicles may already have interest from foreign buyers, some government officials are saying, according to a report in Georgian newspaper Mteli Kvira (via BBC Monitoring). One of the officials is President Mikheil Saakashvili:

"Before the [1 October 2012] election, I often heard people saying that the Georgian military hardware production is a bluff. However, the public knows very well that it is not a bluff. Lazika and Didgori really exist and are so good that even South Korea and Azerbaijan got interested in them. I know it for sure...", the president said.

And though Georgia's defense industry has been the source of some political sparring between Saakashvili's United National Movement and the rival governing Georgian Dream, the latter confirmed Saakashvili's claim (while still using it as the occasion for some additional sparring).:

Defence Minister Advisor Vako Avaliani told Mteli Kvira ... that the fact that South Korea and Azerbaijan expressed interest in the Georgian military hardware is a top secret and in contrast to the president, he is going to respect the rule.

However, Parliament Defence and Security Committee Chairman Irakli Sesiashvili openly spoke about other countries' interest in the Georgian-made armoured vehicles.

"Delta is intensively working on different orders, which is a rather important issue. It should be noted that until present, the state has never worked in this direction and was only restricted to the domestic market.
"At the moment, South Korea, Azerbaijan and some other countries, too, show interest. What matters is that we correctly work out every detail when working on orders," Sesiashvili told Mteli Kvira.

On the face of it, this seems unlikely, in particular the alleged Korean interest. South Korea operates a first-class military, buying American armored vehicles and producing their own. So would they be interested in an unproven product from a country they have no close ties to? Still, stranger things have happened. We'll just have to wait for this to leave the realm of the "top secret."

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66537

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Number of weapons, military vehicles purchased by Baku made public


Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Azerbaijan has been implementing large-scale armament programs since 2002, says the report issued by Russia-based Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade, APA reports.

Belarus

According to the report, in 2005-2006, Azerbaijan purchased from Belarus 60 T-72 tanks, in 2008-2009 12 203mm 2S7 “Pion” howitzers, in 2009-2010 30 122mm D-30 howitzers, in 2009-2010 6 Su-25 “Grach” fighter jets. 36 “Osa” antiaircraft missile complexes were modernized with the participation of Belarus companies in 2007-2009, 27 S-125 “Pechora” antiaircraft missile complexes in 2009-2011. 27 more S-125 “Pechora” antiaircraft missile complexes will be modernized in 2012-2014.

Israel

According to the report, T-72 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles used by the Azerbaijani Army were modernized by the Israeli companies in 2010-2011. TISAS fire control systems made by Elbit Systems company were installed on the tanks. Azerbaijan also purchased from Israel 9 “Links” multiple-rocket launchers, 120mm “Cardom” mine throwers (the number is not publicized), “Spike-SR/LR” anti-tank missiles (the number is not publicized), 16 “Aerostar”, 2 “Hermes-450”, 16 “Heron-1”, 16 “Orbiter-2M” drones, 9 “Barak-8” (75 missiles), 2 EL/M-2080 Green Pine missile defense systems. Azerbaijan received an order to produce 30 “Aerostar” and 30 “Orbiter-2M” drones basing on Israel’s license.

Russia

Russia had a significant share in military trade of Azerbaijan over the past ten years. In 2010, a license was given by Russia to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense Industry for production of 120 000 AK-74M assault rifles by 2021. The report notes that 62 T-72 battle tanks were purchased from Russia in 2006, T-90S battle tanks (the number is not publicized) in 2001, 24 BTR-80A in 2006, 2 “Scorpion LSA”, 2 “Scorpion LSA-B” armored carrier and the Kornet anti tank missile system (the number is not publicized) in 2009. Moreover, in 2008 Azerbaijan and Russia signed agreements on purchase of 6 MI-17V1, in 2009 - 2 Ka-32A, 40 MI-17V1, in 2010 – 4 Ka-32PS, 24 Mi-35M, 20 Mi-17V-1 helicopters, 1 MI-24 helicopter simulator, in 2007 – 16 S-300pmu-2 Favorit antiaircraft missile complexes and 2010 – 60 95 E “Uran” subsonic anti-ship missiles. In general, the military purchase and sale agreements signed with Russia cost more than $1 647 000 000.

Turkey

According to the document, in 2010, Azerbaijan purchased 70 Cobra wheeled armored vehicles, the number of Cobra wheeled armored vehicles purchased in 2011 is not publicized, 80 various armored vehicles were also purchased from Turkey in 2011. In 2011, the sides signed purchase and sale agreement on 36 T-155 Fırtına 155mm self-propelled gun howitzers. Turkey has given a license to Azerbaijan for production of 107 mm T-107 multi barreled rocket launcher systems in 2010 and 120 mm HY1-12 mine throwers in 2011.

Ukraine

Last year Ukraine was a main partner of Azerbaijan in the acquisition of weapons and military equipments. In 2003-2006, Azerbaijan purchased 48 T-72M1 tanks from Ukraine, in 2005 – 2 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, in 2006 – 3 BTR-3U “Gardian”, in 2007 – 61 and in 2009 – 71 antiaircraft missile complexes, in 2007-2010 - 54 122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika, in 2009-2010 – 16 152 mm 2S3 “Akatsiya” self propelled howitzers, in 2006-2007 – 55 122 mm D-30A howitzers, in 2004-2007 – 144 120 mm PM-38 mine throwers, in 2004-2005 – 12 BM-30 Smerch multi barreled rocket launcher systems, in 2006-2011 – 16 Miq-29 combat aircrafts, in 2006 – 12 L-39 “Albatros” jet trainers, in 2009-2010 – 12 Mi-24G attack helicopters and 2007-2008 – 10 “Strela-3” antiaircraft missile complexes.

Republic of South Africa

In reporting year, several projects were implemented with the Republic of South Africa, one of the main military partners of Azerbaijan. RSA “Paramount Group” company gave a license to Azerbaijan for production of 45 Marauder and 45 Matador mine-protected vehicles in Baku in 2009-2011. A large part of the order was implemented. Moreover, 12 Mi-24 attack helicopters were reached to the level of Mi-24 Super Hind MK.IV by modernizing by the RSA companies.

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A criminal case launched over crash of military helicopter

[ 11 February 2013 22:41 ]
According to information the black box of the helicopter has been found.

Baku. Hafiz Haydarov - APA. A criminal case was opened on the crash of the military helicopter in Azerbaijan, military sources told APA.

According to information an investigation group consisting of the staff members of Azerbaijan Republic Military Prosecutor's Office has been formed on the tragic incident and a criminal case has been opened under the relevant article of the Criminal Code. According to the preliminary version, the accident happened as the result of security breaches. At the moment investigative activities continue in accordance with all the evidences and proofs.

According to officially unconfirmed information, the black box helicopter of the helicopter also has been found.

A helicopter owned by Military Air Forces crashed into Shikhov beach at 10.30 today after disappearing from radars. The Defense Ministry’s press service told APA that as a result of the accident – Captain Ahmedov Yashar Mail, senior lieutenant Rustamov Rustam Gulhuseyn and Lieutenant Zeynalov Bahruz Novruz were killed.

The bodies of Rustam Rustamov and Zeynalov Bahruz Novruz have been found and pulled out of the water. The search is being continued to found Ahmedov’s body.

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Cause of the crash seems to be pilot error.....what we call CFIT (control flight into terrain)

no, zastava have no hole in its stock, so just an PK

I was thinking of M91 that has the thumbhole stock but you are right, it is a PK. That thing can rip with the box magazine.

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what happens at 1:35 exactly? it looks as if some guy was praying, and they came and removed him.... maybe he was praying for the dead?

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Here is a good commentary, It's hard not to agree.


http://www.1tv.am/hy/28-01-13---Viewpoint

Thank you, that was an excellent commentary. The film below is also pretty powerful:

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