ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308833
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 2023 |
| Time: | c. 09:28 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale SE3130 Alouette II |
| Owner/operator: | Philippine Adventist Medical Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N45VX |
| MSN: | 1229 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Lumbucan Island -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Barangay Mangsee, Balabac |
| Brooke's Point | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Alouette II ambulance helicopter with 5 occupants went missing during a flight from Barangay Mangsee, Balabac, Philippines.
The helicopter departed around 07:30 local time after picking up a patient suffering from abdominal pain and two companions.
It was expected to arrive around 10:30 at the Southern Palawan Provincial Hospital in Brooke's Point.
in Palawan.
Authorities found suspected debris from the missing helicopter on March 2, near its last known location.
No survivors were found. Fatality index is presumed.
Sources:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/01/23/palawan-bound-helicopter-with-5-passengers-missing-caap
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/03/23/possible-debris-of-missing-palawan-bound-chopper-found
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=45VX
ex.Swiss AF/V-45, HB-XBK, Swiss AF/V-45, F-GJEG, D-WQAV.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 2012 | N45VX | Priority Farms | 0 | Glenn, California |  |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Media:
PCG RESPONDS TO ALLEGED HELICOPTER CRASH IN PALAWAN
— Philippine Coast Guard (@coastguardph) March 1, 2023
The @coastguardph deploys BRP MALABRIGO to respond to an ALLEGED HELICOPTER CRASH in the vicinity waters between Brooke’s Point and Balabac in Palawan today, 01 March 2023. https://t.co/gkhLCYhrjv#DOTrPH 🇵🇭#CoastGuardPH pic.twitter.com/h7jjfgqSyO
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