ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203204
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Date: | Thursday 21 December 2017 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky S-70A Desert Hawk |
Owner/operator: | Egypt Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Al-Arish Military Airport in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula -
Egypt
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Terrorists damaged a UH-60 BlackHawk helicopter which was on the ground inside an army base in Egypt. They used an ATGM lancher and achieved a direct shot.
It supposedly happened during the Egyptian Interior and Defense ministers visit to this base.
Sources:
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-releases-video-footage-attack-al-arish-airbase/ https://topghananews.com/egypt-the-terrorism-observatory-condemns-the-al-arish-airport-attacks/ http://lostarmour.info/aflosses/item.php?id=16969 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Dec-2017 07:28 |
plcedi |
Added |
22-Dec-2017 07:29 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
22-Dec-2017 08:56 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2017 10:10 |
abel83 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage] |
29-Dec-2017 17:08 |
Anon. |
Updated [Embed code] |
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