Date: | Friday 27 February 1987 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boeing Chinook HC1 (CH-47C) |
Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ZA721 |
MSN: | B.852/MA033 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 6 km SE of RAF Mount Pleasant - Falkland Islands |
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mount Pleasant |
RAF Mount Pleasant | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
#OTD in 1987: a RAF Chinook [ZA721] crashes near Mount Pleasant base (Falkland Islands), all 7 aboard die. Helicopter was on a test flight after servicing, went down shortly after takeoff. Enquiry could not point definitive cause but pointed possibility of a control problem. pic.twitter.com/34OlK2ncE1
— Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha (@OnDisasters) February 26, 2023
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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05-Apr-2010 05:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jun-2012 05:46 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
08-Mar-2018 09:43 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
29-Apr-2023 05:22 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |