ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230918
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Date: | Tuesday 26 November 2019 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur 2025 (S-65C-3) |
Owner/operator: | Israeli Defence Force (IDF) |
Registration: | 042 |
MSN: | 65-399 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | west of Kibbutz Beit Kama, northern Negev desert -
Israel
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur 2025 (S-65C-3) caught fire midair. The pilot performed an emergency landing west of Kibbutz Beit Kama, northern Negev desert.
The helicopter was destroyed by fire and the two pilots and eleven soldiers from the elite Shaldag commando unit escaped unhurt.
Sources:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/272307 https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IDF-helicopter-bursts-into-flames-after-engine-malfunction-609113 https://theaviationgeekclub.com/israeli-air-force-ch-53-yasur-crash-lands-in-negev-desert-all-crew-members-uninjured/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-said-checked-for-radiation-exposure-after-helicopter-crash/_______________________________________ https://www.airliners.net/photo/Israel-Air-Force/Sikorsky-CH-53-Yasur-2025-S-65C-3/2681511/L (photo)
Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2019 17:33 |
gerard57 |
Added |
26-Nov-2019 22:15 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
26-Nov-2019 22:16 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Nov-2019 23:28 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Nov-2019 17:41 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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