🇺🇦🧵 ⚡ BREAKING NEWS ⚡
A Ukrainian helicopter carrying the leadership of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, including its head Denis Monastyrsky, crashed onto a kindergarten in #Brovary near #Kiev this morning. After the crash, a massive fire broke out
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A Ukrainian helicopter carrying the leadership of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, including its head Denis Monastyrsky, crashed onto a kindergarten in #Brovary near #Kiev this morning. After the crash, a massive fire broke out
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🇺🇦 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine named equipment malfunction, violation of security rules and sabotage among the possible causes of the helicopter crash in #Brovary.
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🇺🇦 The fact that the helicopter with the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine was hit by the local Ukrainian air defence system or some kind of MANPADS cannot be ruled out in any way.
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🇺🇦 Footage, presumably of the Super Puma helicopter's flight over Brovary (Ukraine) minutes before the crash
The helicopter can be seen flying super low. According to residents it made 3 circles, then began to descend sharply, got hit and caught fire.
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The helicopter can be seen flying super low. According to residents it made 3 circles, then began to descend sharply, got hit and caught fire.
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Result of the crash on the kindergarten on which the helicopter fell in Brovary (Ukraine) with the leadership of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
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🇺🇦 The helicopter that fell in #Brovary, was bought from France in 2018, this model had a number of technical problems, writes the publication «Страна».
These Eurocopters sometimes lose the main rotor in flight, suffering a "potentially catastrophic failure in the design."...
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These Eurocopters sometimes lose the main rotor in flight, suffering a "potentially catastrophic failure in the design."...
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🇺🇦🔥🚁SBU launched an investigation into the helicopter crash in Brovary . Several versions are being considered:
▫️violation of flight regulations
▫️technical malfunction of the helicopter
▫️deliberate actions to destroy the vehicle
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▫️violation of flight regulations
▫️technical malfunction of the helicopter
▫️deliberate actions to destroy the vehicle
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❗️Preliminary investigation's version - pilot error
The helicopter was allegedly flying low in fog and could have hit the roof of a kindergarten. Double-decker (!!) building.
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The helicopter was allegedly flying low in fog and could have hit the roof of a kindergarten. Double-decker (!!) building.
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🇺🇦 One witness to the helicopter crash states that the helicopter was on fire while still in the air, which may indicate that the vehicle was hit by a MANPADS or some other means of fire.
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🇺🇦 First images of the crash site
The downed machine is a Eurocopter "Super Puma". So far, there are several versions of the reasons for the crash: piloting error, bad weather conditions (the helicopter allegedly flew low in fog), and a mistake by the Ukrainian air defence.
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The downed machine is a Eurocopter "Super Puma". So far, there are several versions of the reasons for the crash: piloting error, bad weather conditions (the helicopter allegedly flew low in fog), and a mistake by the Ukrainian air defence.
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🇺🇦 The main rotor of the helicopter fell directly on a parked car in Brovary,Kiev
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