| Date: | 10-SEP-2021 |
| Time: | c. 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24D |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'air Ivoirienne |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ferkessedougou, Téhini -  Cote d'Ivoire |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed about 2 km North of Togolokaye, Téhini dept, northern Ivory Coast, near the border with Burkina Faso.
"PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MILITARY HIERARCHY AFTER THE CRASH OF THE MI-24 ATTACK HELICOPTER
During the night of Thursday 09 to Friday 10 September 2021, an Ivorian army MI 24 attack helicopter, on a reconnaissance mission on the northern border line, lost contact with the control station. A search was undertaken and the aircraft was located two kilometres north of Togolokaye, in the Tehini department of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
All five occupants died in the accident. An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of this tragedy.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces presents his condolences to the families of the deceased and assures them of the support of all the Defence and Security Forces of Côte d'Ivoire.
Done in Abidjan, on Friday 10 September 2021
Lieutenant General LASSINA DOUMBIA,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces."
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