ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197611
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| Date: | 12-DEC-2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 635 T2+ (EC 135) |
| Owner/operator: | Iraqi Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mutassem, 78 mi N of Samarra -
 Iraq
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The helicopter was shot down by Islamic State militants on Friday 12 December 2014. Both pilots died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-islamic-state-downs-iraqi-chopper-20141213-story.html [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://blackburnnews.com/bri-world/2014/12/13/islamic-state-group-shoots-down-iraqi-helicopter/] [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/12/14/islamic-s]
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