Date:	Sunday 27 May 2007
Time:
Type:	Helicopter
Owner/operator:	USMC
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	south of Al Qatranah, Jordan -   Jordan
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed under unkn25 May 2007, a USMC AV-8B VMA-231 ‘Ace of Spades’ (164153) at 2030 hrs during a 30-degree dive delivery accidentally dropped a BLU-111 (Mk-82 bomb with BSU-33 low drag fins) 500 lb. bomb near two USMCs helicopters of the 26th MEU, HMM-264, HMLA-167 (Wariors), AH-1W (162543/TV-23 c/n 26212/29170) and UH-1N (159196/31672), south of Al Qatranah, Jordan, during ‘Exercise Infinite Moonlight’. The AH-1W Cobra was destroyed with two injured crew members and the UH-1N received minor damage.

“Attrition – Accident Reports”, AirForces Monthly, July 2007, p. 93;
“Attrition – Accident Report Updates”, AirForces Monthly, Aug 2007, p. 77;
“No Fatalities from Marine Helicopter Mishap in Jordan”, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet, NAVCENT/5th Fleet Public Affairs Office 25 May 2007;
Scramble 343, Dec 2007, p 71;
Scramble 338, Jul 2007, p 89;).

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