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Date: | Thursday 17 August 2017 |
Time: | 19:40 LT |
Type: | Bell AH-1S Cobra |
Owner/operator: | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
Registration: | 73487 ? |
MSN: | 87 ? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | East Fuji Maneuver Area, Shizuoka prefecture -
Japan
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An AH-1S attacker helicopter of 4th Attack Helicopter Unit (IV ATH), Eastern Army Aviation Group, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) made a forced landing and sustained damage on the skids while hovering in a night time shooting training at East Fuji Maneuver Area of JGSDF, near to Takigahara Airfield (RJAT). Two occupants were unhurt.
The registration number is to be confirmed since it was read from an unclear news video. It is confirmed that 73487 is actually belongs to IV ATH.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170818-00000003-mai-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170818-00000004-asahi-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170818-00050012-yom-soci]
http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/news/press/2017/pdf/20170818.pdf [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/08/18/07370146.html]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2017 18:53 |
isamuel |
Added |
18-Aug-2017 07:14 |
isamuel |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
18-Aug-2017 11:09 |
isamuel |
Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |