The pilot flew too close to a crane and a main rotor clipped the cable hanging down with the hook. This shattered the rotor blade and the helicopter immediately went down since you need the main rotor to auto-rotate down which is the only safe way to make crash landing with a helicopter.

This crash happened on 2 October 1986 after the sarcophagus was well under way - it was finished in November 1986. The shattered core, thus, probably had already been substantially shielded by prior drops of lead, concrete and boron and radiation most likely was not a cause of the crash, just misjudging distance on the part of the pilot.

The crane was not in place in late April early May 1986 as shown in this photo from the Washington Post (while undated, this clearly was taken before the start of the Sarcophagus construction and after the ten day fire was out)

From July to November 1986, a concrete-made sarcophagus over 50 meters high and measuring 200 m by 200 m was built. It covered the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl NPP and halted the discharges of radioactive substances into the atmosphere. During the sarcophagus construction, an accident occurred: on October 2 a Mi-8 helicopter got entangled with its blades in a crane cable and crashed onto the NPP's territory, killing four crew members.

Date: Thursday 2 October 1986

Time:

Type: Mil Mi-8

Owner/operator: Soviet Air Force

Registration:

MSN:

Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4

Aircraft damage: Destroyed

Category: Accident

Location: Chernobyl - Ukraine

Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)

Nature: Military

Departure airport:

Destination airport:

Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:

The helicopter hit a construction crane cable at the nuclear plant, during a flight to pour a decontaminating acetate mixture onto the accident reactor, and crashed. All four occupants died.

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Đak Đoa, Vietnam

On May 13, Dak Doa district police (Gia Lai) are investigating and clarifying the cause of a traffic accident that killed a child on National Highway 19 (Nguyen Hue street, Dak Doa town)

According to initial information, around 3:40 p.m. on May 12, a road roller of Khang Nhat Co., Ltd. driven by driver Lo Quang Long (36 years old, residing in An Phu commune, Pleiku city, Gia Lai) rolled the road surface at the National Highway 19. The location of the road roller doing construction was on Nguyen Hue Street, Dak Doa Town.

At this time, Ms. Pham Thi Mai (66 years old, residing in village 3, Dak Doa town) was driving a motorbike with license plate number 81AA–041.06 carrying her grandson L.H.L (6 years old) across the road. Due to not paying attention, Ms. Mai's motorbike was hit by a construction roller. The roller could not stop in time and hit the child, causing the child to die on the spot.

Initially, the authorities determined that the cause of the above accident was because Ms. Mai entered the construction site area and drove a motorbike across the street without paying attention. Driver Long, driving the roller, did not pay attention.

https://tienphong.vn/xe-may-va-cham-voi-xe-lu-chau-be-6-tuoi-tu-vong-post1636599.tpo

Aftermath:

On May 15, a serious traffic accident occurred on the road section of Shaohong Grain and Feed Store on the south side of Guangdong Province Rural Credit Card (Henpi Branch) Wuhua Hengpi S120! Unfortunately, the motorcycle driver fell under the wheel of a truck and was crushed

Aftermath:

Tatarstan, a Hyundai car knocked down a 39-year-old man crossing the highway in the wrong place and in the dark. The car was driven by a 32-year-old man and the accident occurred at 18:30 when it was already dark outside. According to the preliminary version, the driver simply did not see the running man and did not have time to stop - there were no reflective elements on his clothes. The blow was so strong that the windshield of the foreign car broke.

Aftermath:

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil

A 44-year-old motorcyclist died in a serious accident between a motorcycle, a car and a truck on Avenida Rui Pinto Bandeira, which connects Cachoeiro de Itapemirim to the municipality of Atílio Vivácqua, this Tuesday morning (14).

According to information from the Military Police, the 46-year-old driver of the white Fiat Uno told the military that he was on the road, heading towards the center of Cachoeiro, when he heard the motorcycle grinding the tire and colliding with the back of the car and the motorcyclist falling. on the wrong side of the road, then being run over by the truck.

During the fall, the motorcyclist falls and the truck ends up passing over the victim with its wheels, who did not survive his injuries and died at the scene. The 43-year-old truck driver and the 46-year-old car driver underwent a breathalyzer test, which both tested negative for alcohol consumption.

https://aquinoticias.com/2024/05/motociclista-morre-em-acidente-grave-com-caminhao-em-cachoeiro/

Happened on May 2, 2024, around 9:30 am on route Penza - Shemysheyka, Penza Oblast, Russia

73 years old man in Ford was overtaking car with dash cam. The route was straight and the visibility was great.

Suddenly, while still on the oncoming lane, he lost control and crashed into UAZ coming from the opposite direction.

One witness said:

After overtaking, he was driving on the oncoming lane for the next 30 meters. There was enough space and time to get back on his lane.

I'd say that he was distracted by something. He was checking his phone or rear view mirror.

When he saw oncoming UAZ, he slammed on his brakes, swerved and crashed.

Ford driver and 41 years old female UAZ passenger died on spot. UAZ driver was injured.

Aftermath photos:

Vehicles involved:

1. Ford Focus (2006). License plate: K661MB 58

2. UAZ 390944 (2006). License plate: P506CB 58

Sources:

GTRK Penza

Penza Inform