Mil Mi-17

A Mi-17 military transportation helicopter crashed on Monday evening near Krumovo air force base close to Plovdiv in central Bulgaria, killing both pilots, Captain Plamen Panteleev, 48, and Captain Stoyan Nedelchev, 45.

A third person on board, engineering officer Alexei Kamenov, survived the crash and was severely injured, but managed to crawl out of the wreck.

Russia's Defense Ministry said that one of its helicopters has crashed in Syria on May 7, killing both pilots.

A Russian helicopter Ka-52 crashed on Monday during a flight to eastern Syria as a result of alleged technical failure, the Russian Defense Ministry said, according to Sputnik, quoted by Focus.

The two helicopter pilots died as a result of the incident.

A Serbian military expert said the new delivery of Russian aircraft and other military equipment was a good deal for Serbia, as its equipment dates back from the time of the Yugoslav People's Army, JNA, and needs renewing.

Russia's Defense Ministry says that a Russian military helicopter has crashed in Syria, killing both pilots aboard.

In a statement on January 3, the ministry said the Mil Mi-24 military helicopter crashed due to a "technical malfunction" on December 31 while it was flying to the military air base in Hama, Syria.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin said Thursday acquisition of six Mi-17 multi-purpose helicopters had been discussed with Russia during a visit to Moscow by a Serbian delegation headed by President Aleksandar Vucic.

MOSCOW - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Moscow his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon would also address military-technical cooperation‚ and noted that Serbia was an independent and sovereign country that wanted to be strong enough to protect itself and maintain its military neutrality.

Serbia is in talks with Russia on buying six Mil Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters and setting up a helicopter repair center, Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in a live broadcast of the country's national television on Thursday.

An Indian airforce helicopter crashed in a remote mountain region near the border with China on Friday, killing all seven personnel on board, officials said, quoted by Reuters. 

The Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter was ferrying military officials to a forward post in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, defense spokesman Suneet Newton said.

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Moscow and Belgrade are preparing to sign an agreement on maintenance of helicopters from the other countries at facilities located in Serbia, Serbia's Acting Assistant Minister for Material Resources Nenad Miloradovic told Sputnik on Tuesday.