ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192540
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| Date: | 04-JAN-2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-35M |
| Owner/operator: | Iraqi Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Baiji, near Mosul -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Qayyarah |
The helicopter crashed due to a technical failure. The four occupants, two pilots and two technicians, died in the crash.
“They were heading to Qayyarah on a routine mission,” a captain in Iraq’s army aviation told to AFP.
Sources:
http://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/29074.html
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/040120173
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/1/4/iraq-helicopter-gunship-crash-kills-four
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2017 10:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Jan-2017 14:07 | Ansierra117 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Jan-2017 09:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 05-Jan-2017 14:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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