ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139273
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| Date: | Sunday 16 October 2011 |
| Time: | 19:55 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 500MD |
| Owner/operator: | Kenya Defence Force (KDF) |
| Registration: | 5.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Liboi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Late Sunday evening, a military helicopter crashed and caught fire inside Kenya from an apparent mechanical malfunction, a diplomat and a resident said. No civilian casualties were reported.
The helicopter crashed in Liboi, a town about 10 miles (20 kilometers) from the Kenya-Somalia border, due to a technical malfunction. The Liboi resident asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. The diplomat’s employer does not allow him to be identified.
Five Kenyan soldiers died in a helicopter crash in the north of the country, the defence ministry confirmed on Monday, but denied the aircraft was taken down by Somali militants.
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/kenya-troops-enter-somalia-to-pursue-al-shabab-militants-after-several-europeans-kidnapped/2011/10/16/gIQATMjKoL_story.html?wprss=rss_world&noredirect=on
http://web.archive.org/web/20111218095313/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1669296.php/Five-Kenyan-soldiers-die-in-helicopter-crash
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=72972]
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110170009.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2011 13:46 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Oct-2011 07:02 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2011 23:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 13:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 17:02 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
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