The Garaheybat Mil Mi-17 crash (Azerbaijani: Qaraheybət helikopter qəzası / Qaraheybət vertolyot qəzası) occurred on 30 November 2021, during military drills of Azerbaijani State Border Service (SBS) Mil Mi-17 helicopter in the Garaheybat training zone located in the Khizi District.
The deadliest helicopter crash in the history of Azerbaijan took place on 20 November 1991, near Karakend, in Khojavend District, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including senior government officials.
[6] On 30 November 2021, at about 10:40 local time, an Azerbaijani State Border Service Mil Mi-17 helicopter took off from the Sangachal airfield and crashed during drills at the Garaheybat training zone, located within the Khizi District.
[16] The bodies of the victims were brought to the Forensic Medical Expertise and Pathological Anatomy Association of the Ministry of Health in Baku, and after examination they were handed over to their families.
The lack of more detailed information as the time passed since the incident, and the fact that the accident occurred immediately after the meetings in Ashgabat and Sochi, raised questions and misinformation in the Azerbaijani public.