ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 300 King Air (MARSS) N195AE Eastern Afghanistan
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Friday 10 January 2014
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft 300 King Air (MARSS)
Operator:United States Army
Registration: N195AE
MSN: FA-195
First flight: 1989
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Eastern Afghanistan (   Afghanistan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A US-military MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft flying a nighttime mission crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Two coalition servicemembers and a civilian working with the military were killed. There are no indications that the aircraft was brought down by enemy fire, said a defense official.

Janes.com reported on January 16 that the airplane may have been a US Army special mission platform instead of a USAF MC-12W. It would have been a Beechcraft King Air 300 Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (MARSS).

Sources:
» ABC
» NATO
» Janes.com
» Scramble.nl


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