ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66341
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| Date: | Thursday 9 July 2009 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama |
| Owner/operator: | Himalayan Heli Services |
| Registration: | VT-WEX |
| MSN: | 2679 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Amarnath Caves, Jammu and Kashmir -
 India
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Baltal |
| Amarnath | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter crashed while approaching the landing pad One woman pilgrim on the ground was killed and the occupants (pilot and 4 passengers) were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/One-killed-4-injured-as-helicopter-crashes-at-Amarnath-shrine/articleshow/4756306.cms
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/one-dead-five-wounded-in-chopper-crash-near-amarnath-cave_100215384.html
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Pilgrim-killed-as-copter-falls-near-Amarnath-cave/article16552359.ece
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1987 | HB-XPP | BOHAG | 0 | Eigernordwand, BE |  |
sub |
| 6 January 2002 | HB-XPP | BOHAG | 0 | Adelboden, BE | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2009 22:36 | slowkid | Added |
| 08-Jul-2009 22:41 | slowkid | Updated |
| 10-Jul-2009 03:25 | Anon. | Updated |
| 21-Jul-2009 10:09 | Ajai | Updated |
| 21-Aug-2012 13:08 | astazou | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Damage] |
| 21-Aug-2012 13:11 | astazou | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Damage] |
| 04-Jan-2018 21:06 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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