ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55049
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| Date: | Sunday 15 April 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Puma HC.1 (SA 330E) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XW218 |
| MSN: | WA1139 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Taji AB, N of Baghdad -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
XW218 was part of a three ship formation and had landed and off loaded its troops near Taji. XW218 came in too close to XV211 and their main rotors meshed together creating debris and severing the tail boom of XW218, which rolled over and came to rest on its RH side. XW211 remained upright but suffered severe damage.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2007.htm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6557183.stm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_20070415_xw211_xw218.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2010 02:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2011 11:45 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2012 03:15 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Jan-2013 12:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2016 15:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2016 18:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 09-Dec-2016 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 06-Mar-2017 14:07 | TB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
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