What happened
On the afternoon of April 11, 2018, a Mi-8P, registration RA-24640, was involved in an aviation accident near the Khabarovsk VFR landing site. The aircraft was being operated by the crew of Vostok Airlines. The flight was part of a scheduled training program designed to prepare four aircraft commanders for the upcoming spring-summer flight season.
The specific mission objective involved performing training flights and short-run landings while operating with one engine throttled back (inoperative). The training task had been assigned by the squadron commander on April 10, 2018. Prior to the accident, the flight crew had undergone medical examinations and pre-flight preparations at the Khabarovsk VFR landing site, which began late on April 10, 2018.