ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144440
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| Date: | Friday 16 March 2012 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-70A-28 (CH-60) |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Kara Ordusu Havaciligi/ISAF |
| Registration: | 10981 |
| MSN: | 70.... |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bagrami district, Kabul province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday 16 March 2012. Early reports state that the helicopter collided with a house in the Bagrami District, Kabul Province, east of Kabul.
Eight (or five, as other sources report) Turkish occupants were killed. Four persons inside the house were killed. Those on board were reported to be Turkish troops. There was no immediate comment on the crash from NATO or from Turkey, which has more than 1,800 soldiers serving in Afghanistan, most of them around the capital.
According to reports from the BBC, the crash was caused by "a technical fault" and not by any insurgent action.
The Guardian states that 10 Turkish soldiers in the helicopter were killed and two people on the ground.
Later the BBC reported that at least 12 Turkish soldiers and two children had died.
A Nato coalition helicopter crashed into a Kabul suburb, killing 12 in the aircraft and four civilians caught on the ground, Afghan police has confirmed.
Sources:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/five-dead-after-chopper-crashes-into-house/story-e6frf7jx-1226301930233
https://en.trend.az/world/other/2004245.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/16/turkish-soldier-afghan-helicopter-site_
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17397347
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/33574-turkish-helicopter-crash-kills-14-in-afghan-capital
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9147704/Nato-helicopter-crash-kills-16-in-Afghanistan.html
https:///na-predmesti-kabulu-se-zritil-vrtulnik-nato-zemrelo-dvanact-turku-1de-/zahranicni.aspx?c=A120316_083352_zahranicni_ts
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2012 00:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:28 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 01:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 02:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 03:45 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 03:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 03:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 03:58 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2012 04:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2012 11:27 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 13-Dec-2014 20:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2014 20:25 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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