Incident Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil F-GXPE,
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Date:Monday 10 December 2001
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Commercair
Registration: F-GXPE
MSN: 9031
Year of manufacture:2001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Porto-Vecchio, Corse-du-Sud 2A -   France
Phase: Standing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Destroyed by the detonation of a home-made bomb, which had been placed beneath the engines, while parked overnight on a helipad at Porto Vecchio, Corsica.

Sources:

Air International April 2001, p206

Revision history:

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