Incident Westland Sea King HC4+ ZA298,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74449
 
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Date:Friday 21 May 2010
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Sea King HC4+
Owner/operator:Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (ISAF)
Registration: ZA298
MSN: WA912
Year of manufacture:1981
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Nad-e Ali, Helmand Province -   Afghanistan
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Camp Bastion Airfield, Lashkar Gar
Destination airport:Nad-e Ali, Helmand Province
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Five troops were injured when a rocket propelled grenade struck the Sea King as it came in to land at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. Helicopter made forced landing.

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Newspaper

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-May-2010 06:56 krasatpi Added
23-May-2010 07:47 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature]
22-Sep-2010 05:31 TB Updated [Operator, Total occupants]
12-Jan-2011 05:28 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator]
27-Jan-2011 15:42 harro Updated [Damage, Narrative]
05-Sep-2011 03:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2013 17:04 TB Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2013 17:07 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Sep-2014 13:50 Anon. Updated [Destination airport]
22-Sep-2014 13:50 Anon. Updated [Destination airport, Photo, ]

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