ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220306
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| Date: | Saturday 29 December 2018 |
| Time: | 17:50 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta Westland AW139 |
| Owner/operator: | National Search and Rescue Center |
| Registration: | A6-... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jebel Jais, Ras Al Khaima -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An AW139 SAR helicopter crashed while on a mission to airlift an injured man from Jebel Jais in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The helicopter reportedly crashed after hitting a 2.8km zip line cable.
Sources:
https://gulfnews.com/uae/video-four-dead-in-rak-helicopter-crash-1.1546097394182
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-emirates-crash/uae-civil-aviation-rescue-helicopter-crashed-all-crew-dead-idUKKCN1OS0JE
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1427566/middle-east
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/paramedic-who-died-in-rak-helicopter-crash-was-single-father-as-tributes-paid-to-crew-1.807646
https://gulfbusiness.com/maintenance-underway-jebel-jais-zipline-closed-helicopter-accident/
Zip line: https://gulfnews.com/uae/worlds-longest-zipline-takes-flight-in-rak-1.2167031
NSRC: https://www.nsrc.gov.ae/en/about-us/about-us.aspx
Media:
RAK zipline rides cancelled after helicopter crash https://t.co/pe0Q6xmhGO pic.twitter.com/9JjlIrG6db
— Expat Media (@ExpatMediaUAE) December 30, 2018
Helicopter crashed and all the crew died in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates pic.twitter.com/Th9NI0cUpA
— Rotarywing (@Rotarywings1) 29 décembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2018 18:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 29-Dec-2018 18:12 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 18:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 18:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:22 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 30-Dec-2018 10:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 30-Dec-2018 10:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 08-Jan-2019 21:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Jul-2019 19:27 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Jul-2019 19:30 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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