ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386835
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 April 2024 |
| Time: | 09:32 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 555SN Fennec |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Malaysian Navy |
| Registration: | M502-6 |
| MSN: | 5719 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Lumut NAS (WMLH), Lumut, Perak -
 Malaysia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lumut NAS (WMLH) |
| Lumut NAS (WMLH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Royal Malaysian Navy Eurocopter AS 555SN Fennec, operated by 502 Skuadron, and a Royal Malaysian AgustaWestland AW139 M503-3, operated by 503 Skuadron, were practising for next week’s Navy Day and experienced a mid-air collision over Lumut NAS (WMLH), Lumut, Perak, and crashed near a swimming pool.
The three occupants of the Fennec and the seven occupants of the AW139 perished and both helicopters were destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68852721.amp
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/1041472/breaking-ten-killed-lumut-navy-helicopter-crash-nsttv
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/ten-crew-killed-after-two-malaysian-navy-helicopters-collide-in-midair
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ten-killed-after-two-malaysian-navy-helicopters-collide-mid-air-2024-04-23/
History of this aircraft
Ex Royal Malaysian Navy M55-06, F-ZKCZ
Location
Media:
TERKINI: 2 buah Helikopter Angkatan Tentera Malaysia dilaporkan terhempas di Lumut, Perak pic.twitter.com/UQ9vcOsWUw
— Majoriti (@majoritionline) April 23, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2024 05:04 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 23-Apr-2024 06:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Apr-2024 07:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2024 07:07 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Apr-2024 07:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2024 16:57 | ASN | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Apr-2024 20:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
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