ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147603
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| Date: | Sunday 12 August 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) |
| Registration: | AF-803 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Kenya forest -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soroti in Eastern Uganda |
| Garissa, Kenya | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
One of the MI 24 had an emergency landing on the ranges of Mount Kenya while the other two are still missing although according to the Ugandan military, unconfirmed reports say they had a "hard landing." Hard landing means landing in an ungazetted area.
Both helicopters were found on Tuesday 14 August 2012, totally burnt.
Rescue teams searching for survivors in the aftermath of the crashes of three Ugandan helicopter gunships on Kenya's highest mountain found two dead bodies on Tuesday 14 August 2012 and were searching for at least seven soldiers and airmen in a rugged landscape where leopards and elephants roam.
Simon Gitau, deputy warden of Mt. Kenya National Park, said rescue workers saw two bodies and helped rescue five other people from one of two downed helicopters on Mount Kenya.
On Wednesday 15 August 2012 a third body was found.
On Thursday 16 August 2012 the four remaining bodies were found.
Sources:
http://m.standardmedia.co.ke/story.php?id=2000063954
http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/08/13/2821s717025.htm
http://allafrica.com/stories/201208140208.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dead-uganda-helo-crashes-mt-kenya-16999858
http://montrealgazette.com//news/body+found+Kenya+helicopter+crash+people+still+missing+presumed+dead/7092850/story.html
http://www.google.nl/#q=helicopter+crash+16+August+2012&hl=nl&tbo=1&tbs=qdr:h&prmd=imvns&ei=1gstUPzwBImb1AWj2YGwDA&start=40&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a75fc79096a36d28&biw=1069&bih=696
http://www.airforcesworldwide.com/Uganda.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2012 02:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Aug-2012 03:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 13-Aug-2012 07:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 11:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 14-Aug-2012 03:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2012 04:43 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
| 14-Aug-2012 06:48 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2012 09:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration] |
| 15-Aug-2012 11:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2012 11:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2015 17:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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