ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197538
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Date: | Friday 22 February 2013 |
Time: | |
Type: | Aérospatiale/IPTN AS 332L1 Super Puma |
Owner/operator: | TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Force) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Sinak, Papua -
Indonesia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Jayapura city military airbase |
Destination airport: | Jayapura city military airbase |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gunmen opened fire on Friday 22 February 2013 on a military helicopter in Sinak, Papua region as it tried to retrieve the bodies of soldiers killed in an earlier attack.
The helicopter sustained a bullet hole in the pilot side window.
A technician on board suffered a light shrapnel wound to his left hand. Other reports speak about three wounded.
The helicopter was forced to return to Jayapura city military airbase.
Sources:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/337230/gunmen-attack-military-aircraft-in-indonesian-papua http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130222/API/1302220596
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