ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31165
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 August 1996 |
| Time: | c. 11:50 LT |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CBS-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Polizei Hamburg |
| Registration: | D-HAWO |
| MSN: | S-766 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Harbor of Neustadt in Holstein (Baltic Sea) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"Libelle 3" crashed into water of Baltic Sea (30 km NNO of Lübeck) during rescue training; while hovering rescue basked escalated and hit the main rotor; one rotor blade separated. Two crew members and three divers die. The Luftfahrtbundesamt later informs that the basket was too light and the leash too short.
Sources:
http://www.helionline.net/templates/sites/casualties.html
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.5.1997, p12
Flight International 19-25 November 1997
Picture and Narrative: https://www.ln-online.de/Lokales/Ostholstein/Heute-vor-20-Jahren-Fuenf-Tote-bei-Hubschrauber-Absturz
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Aug-2010 05:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2010 05:50 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2010 08:34 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 06-May-2011 14:26 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2013 12:42 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2016 15:31 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2019 16:13 | jsm | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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