ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43102
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Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1995 |
Time: | 11:54 |
Type: | Balloonbau Woerner |
Owner/operator: | Fahrtengruppe Soukup & Thomas |
Registration: | D-CARIBBEAN |
MSN: | 0317 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bereza -
Belarus
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Zurich |
Destination airport: | Unknown |
Investigating agency: | MAK |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Shot down by a Republic of Belarus Air Force attack helicopter, and crashed near the town of Bereza, Republic of Belarus. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time of the accident. The aircraft was destroyed. After being hit by rounds of machine-gun fire, the hydrogen-filled balloon envelope tore and partially burned, and after impact with the ground the balloon gondola frame was compressed along its vertical axis.
Two crew members, both American, were killed in this shoot down.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | MAK |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001207X04477 2.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_(ballooning)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Nov-2008 03:53 |
harro |
Updated |
19-Mar-2022 10:21 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Sep-2023 06:47 |
harro |
Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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