ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386970
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 2024 |
| Time: | 09:36 |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-171 (Mi-8AMT) |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano |
| Registration: | AEE-485 |
| MSN: | 59489614989 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tiwino, Pastaza -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) |
| Tiwino & Tababoro Communities | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This Mi-171 was operating a military relief and humanitarian flight transporting staff from the Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos (National Secretariat for Risk Management) between Shell Río Amazonas Airport and the communities of Tiwino and Tababoro. This operation was due to the river flooding in the area, so this helicopter was transporting humanitarian help, food and supplies.
After loosing contact with the Mi-171 the SAR was activated with two other helicopters another Mi-171E (AEE-487) and a SA315B Lama (AEE-319). The wreckage of AEE-485 was found at 14:20LT but the weather conditions the recovery of the corpses was done on the following day.
Sources:
https://x.com/EjercitoECU/status/1783965088749122019
https://x.com/EjercitoECU/status/1784019164878737798
unknown (photo)
Images:
AEE-485 Mi-171 resting at Mariscal Sucre AFB, Old Quito's Airport (SEQU/UIO), Quito, Ecuador on August 10, 2022.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2024 05:38 | Diogo da Conceição | Added |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:18 | Diogo da Conceição | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:44 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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