Incident Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri FM1717,
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Date:Saturday 19 July 1980
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri
Owner/operator:TUDM (Royal Malaysian Air Force)
Registration: FM1717
MSN: 61780
Year of manufacture:1976
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:48 km from Ipoh, Perak -   Malaysia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:LP Gurung Korbu, Perak
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed in the jungle while lifting off. Occupants injured. Helicopter repaired.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001142/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Malaysia.htm
http://xnuripilot.blogspot.de/2009_10_01_archive.html
http://xnuripilot.blogspot.de/search/label/Scrap%20book
New Straits Times 26 August 1980, p6

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 July 2007 M23-14 TUDM (Royal Malaysian Air Force) 6 5 km from Genting Sempah, Bentong, Pahang w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2012 12:49 TB Added
28-Sep-2012 06:15 TB Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
28-Sep-2012 11:33 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Sep-2012 08:47 TB Updated [Source]
02-Feb-2019 09:53 TB Updated [Total occupants, Source]

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