1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown

y March 2024 March 2024 Lata tragedy 1992 Russian Air Force Mi-8 shootdown Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8MT Dvurekov-8.jpg 1.17 A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8, similar to the aircraft involved. Shootdown 1992 12 14 y Russian Air Force Mi-8 shot down Lata, Abkhazia Mil Mi-8 Russian Armed Forces Tkvarcheli Gudauta 81-87 81-87 0 A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by the Russian Armed Forces was performing a civilian flight from Tkvarcheli to Gudauta when on December 14, 1992 it was shot down over the village of Lata, in Gulripshi District of Abkhazia, during the War in Abkhazia. All those in the military helicopter died: according to various media reports, around 80 people,http://www.abkhaziya.org/news_detail.html?nid=16728 АБХАЗИЯ.ORG :: Новости :: Латская трагедия – вечная память безвинно убитым детям Абхазии 2013-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160417012254/http://www.abkhaziya.org/news_detail.html?nid=16728 2016-04-17 many of whom were women evacuated from the besieged city (of which 8 were pregnant) and 35 children.https://www.amerikiskhma.com/a/lata_georgia_abkhazia/1566589.html 20 წელი ლათას ტრაგედიიდან 2023-01-06 Zaza Tsuladze 17 December 2012 Voice of America This incident is often called the Lata tragedy. The dead are buried in Gudauta. Notes Category:Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Mil Mi-8 Category:1992 in Abkhazia Category:1992 in Georgia (country) Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1992 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Georgia (country) Category:20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Category:1992 disasters in Georgia (country) Category:Accidents and incidents involving military helicopters