ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165690
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Date: | Sunday 20 April 2014 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Eurocopter AS 350B3 Écureuil |
Owner/operator: | Botswana Police Service |
Registration: | BPS-02 |
MSN: | 4568 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Xaraga village -
Botswana
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Gumare |
Destination airport: | Maun |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A helicopter from the Botswana Police Service with three persons on board, went missing between Gumare and Maun.
The helicopter is carrying a captain, co-pilot and an airborne law enforcement officer.
The wreckage was found on April 23.
Sources:
http://punchng.com/news/police-chopper-declared-missing-in-botswana/ http://www.gabzfm.com/helicopter-families-informed-missing-officers http://www.panapress.com/Botswana--Missing-police-chopper-found--12-907122-28-lang2-index.html http://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/6243/Namibia-joins-search-for-missing-Botswana-helicopter--Mwatile/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Apr-2014 17:46 |
gerard57 |
Added |
23-Apr-2014 08:02 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
23-Apr-2014 19:33 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
22-May-2016 20:04 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn] |
27-Jan-2022 18:48 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, Country] |
27-Jan-2022 18:48 |
harro |
Updated [Country] |
27-Jan-2022 18:48 |
harro |
Updated [Nature] |
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