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Date: | Monday 18 April 2011 |
Time: | |
Type: | Mil Mi-17V-5 (Mi-8M) |
Owner/operator: | Sudan Air Force |
Registration: | 531 |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | El-Fasher airport -
Sudan
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Sudanese state media say a military helicopter has crashed in the country's western Darfur region, killing all five on board.
It's the second military helicopter crash in Sudan in less than a week.
Army spokesman Col. Khaled al-Sawarmy says technical failure caused the MI-17 helicopter to crash as it was about to land at the airport in the city of El Fasher on Monday morning.
Sources:
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Apr-2011 11:47 |
TB |
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18-Apr-2011 11:58 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
18-Apr-2011 12:49 |
chulian1819 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
04-May-2011 06:54 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
09-May-2011 10:31 |
harro |
Updated [Operator] |
16-Sep-2018 07:12 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Plane category] |