Airbus H225 Super Puma: EU imposed a flight ban on the helicopter mannequin / What occurred?
Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyj and different folks died in a helicopter crash close to the capital Kyiv. The crash occurred within the metropolis of Brovary close to a kindergarten and an residence constructing. The metropolis borders on the jap outskirts of Kyiv. According to the Ukrainian civil safety authority, a complete of 16 individuals are mentioned to have died, together with three youngsters. 30 different folks have been injured and brought to hospitals. According to the catastrophe company, the crash precipitated a hearth over an space of 500 sq. meters, which was extinguished inside half an hour.
The helicopter comes from the State Service for Emergency Situations, which stories to the Ministry of the Interior. In addition to the inside minister, in keeping with the police, his deputy Jehvhenij Jenin and state secretary Yuri Lubkovich died. There have been 9 folks on board.
The helicopter was an Airbus H225 Super Puma, which had been utilized by the Home Office since a minimum of 2018. In whole, the ministry is alleged to have a minimum of 5 of the helicopters in service.
What is understood in regards to the Minister of the Interior and what are his/her duties?
Denys Monastyrskyj was appointed Interior Minister by President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in 2021. The Ministry of the Interior is accountable, amongst different issues, for the nationwide police, the nationwide guard, civil protection and can also be answerable for border safety and customs. Before becoming a member of the ministry, Monastyrskyj had studied regulation and practiced regulation. In 2019 he entered the Ukrainian parliament.
In a primary response, the Ukrainian president and the pinnacle of his presidential workplace, Andriy Yermak, known as Monastyrskyj and his colleagues “true patriots”.
What is understood about the reason for the crash?
Nothing was initially identified in regards to the trigger. According to the nationwide police, “all relevant and specialized services” are on website. The crime scene is being investigated. Deputy head of the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s workplace, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, mentioned on Ukrainian tv that the helicopter was on its solution to a spot the place hostilities have been going down, with out giving any additional particulars. Official statements from Russia have been initially not obtainable.
According to the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuri Ihnat, figuring out the trigger will take a while. “It won’t just take a day or two, because investigating a flight disaster takes a certain amount of time,” mentioned Ihnat.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) imposed a short lived flight ban on the H225 in 2016 because of security considerations. Previously, one of many helicopters was grounded within the North Sea, killing 13 folks. The Bundeswehr additionally had three of the helicopters in service, amongst different issues to move the then Chancellor Angela Merkel and the ex-Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Although the machines weren’t similar to the helicopter that crashed on the time, the flights have been then suspended earlier than EASA imposed the flight ban.
