Defence Ministry: Mi-24 crashed over the Black Sea off the western coast of Crimea

An Mi-24 helicopter has crashed over the Black Sea.

Defence Ministry: Mi-24 crashed over the Black Sea off the western coast of Crimea

This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

As noted in the message, on 10 April at about 06:00 Moscow time when performing a scheduled flight over the Black Sea near the western coast of Crimea Mi-24 helicopter crashed.

The preliminary cause of the accident – failure of aviation equipment.

On 2 April, an Mi-24 helicopter of the Defence Ministry of the Republic crashed in Abkhazia. The accident occurred in the Gulrypsh district.