UN rescue mission, shooting and injured helicopter pilot

Captain Serhiy Muzyka, who began his career in the Soviet army, after 43 years of piloting helicopters after pisselting helicopters, does not dream of the final place before Pissel.

When 60-year-old Ukraine was seen as a daily operation for South Sudan in the beginning of this month, South Sudan ended in a terrible and fatal situation.

During his military service, the Ukrainian army included 20 years – served in Afghanistan and other dangerous places. As a special contractor, including the victims of a plane crash in Somalia, including other dangerous zones.

However, the task of evacuating wounded soldiers from the military base in Nasir in the northern province of Foreign Sudan Nil is the most memorable.

After coming, a shot at the base, the life of a crew member and more than two South Sudanese soldiers.

He was shot with a gun, managed to miraculously lifting and managing a harmful helicopter for safety.

A little clip that was filmed over the phone from the cockpit was shaken by sliding both bloody, nearby controls and glasses and the pilot to the nearest airport for an hour.

This was a “like a movie”, he admitted to the BBC – was still shaken by the events.

“I thought it happened in a dream,” he added, adding a firmi-working pilot called Ukrainian helicopters.

On the shooting day, the company’s mission in South Sudan, two wounded soldiers, two of them, including two talks.

UN peacekeepers are trying to maintain a peace agreement on the edges The world’s newest country warnings are about to sink another civil war.

The first to be erupted three years after independence lasted five years and killed about 400,000.

President Salva Kiir against Vice President Riek Machar – with every garnering support from the relevant ethnic groups.

The couple agreed to the end of the war in 2018 – and one of the goals of power sharing deals was to join the opponent forces and create a single military.

However, the last clashes in Nasir County show disbelief of slow progress.

The region is the place where Machar’s support is in the main war of a militia, which is located as a white army.

Communities there, regular army troops are loyal to Kiir and called on the unit force.

However, last month was sent to the area of ​​another army soldier – Machar was a violation of the ceasefire and transition transaction and the tension was ignited.

The Kiir said the decision was a regular troop rotation, but the situation was deteriorating in March 4 when the White Army seized the army base.

This was called to fly to the trapped soldiers in Captain Muzyka and the team.

They have already traveled – on March 6 – Successfully remove 10 people after landing for the use of the UN.

They returned the next day – and they all went to the plan until the passengers went to the deck.

The shooting began and it was difficult to say what happened in the confusion.

The first Captain Muzyka knew that something was seriously wrong and when he spilled blood from his left arm.

Then the flight participant in front of the head of the head of the head of the head was scored – shot.

Capt Muzyka was attacked and went into military education: “The shooting began on the front and then. I decided to retreat immediately.”

As he raised, the soldiers saw that he saw that he fell to the ground on the edge of the plane.

“I couldn’t tell them exactly when I spent (between the start of gunfire) – perhaps a small part of a second.”

Because of Havelin, the helicopter frame continued to be shot, fuel tanks were pierced.

Malakal, which is one hour away, was needed to enter the airport in Malakal, and things did not look good in the cockpit.

“Some systems were damaged – as a basic gearbox,” he said.

There was always the possibility of the accident space during the flight. Thus, the capital decided to fly as fast and as he can.

“Oil temperature was critical – the maximum, I flew 100 m (328ft) from ground level.”

This way, according to your calculations, can make an emergency landing in 20 seconds.

He also asked the staff to be released from the tree and bushes – only if something is needed.

Meanwhile, the flight engineer used to stop the captain’s arm as a crankcase.

The torn shirt in the video clip can be seen above an elbow – in the blood lower sleeves, sipped in their pants and seat.

The images also show a blood clot in the forehead before the injured shirt-crew member and pilot, and the pilot before the pilot.

He lived in pain on his right, Captain Muzyka said.

“Fortunately, this was a small injury from plastic splitting from the right window.”

Finally, they had more difficulty because they approached the Malakal Airport. The front wheel of the helicopter was blocked during the attack.

However, Captain Muzyka managed to successfully play 49 minutes after 20 gun holes in his body.

“It was a great relief,” said BBC.

At this point, he felt a little pain from his injury. He was so surreal, “Maybe I’m sleeping,” he thought.

As a military pilot, he said he was attacked only once – in Afghanistan in 1987: “I saw a few bullets with my knives during a night flight. And all.”

Medical care was provided to the crew and passengers as soon as they reached Malakal.

However, the death of 41-year-old died from his injuries was not possible to save.

“We couldn’t believe it,” said Captain.

Then the crew of Ukraine helicopters was filled in a ceremony of the Honorary Medal of the United Nations. The UN Mission Head is “Attack” “attack” that the attack on international law.

It was difficult for the crew to accept his colleague’s loss – and added all the concerns about the relatives of the Russian forces attack.

Capt Muzyka has already returned to Ukraine for treatment and to see his family.

The future hopes that “will dominate the world in general,” and he is on retirement cards, and he still means “because I can”.