ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73359
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 June 1996 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-70A-9 (CH-60) |
| Owner/operator: | Australian Army, 5th Aviation Regiment |
| Registration: | A25-209 |
| MSN: | 701352 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 55 km W of Townsville, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
In-flight collision with A25-113 at night and crashed near Rollingstone.
The Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment and Army Aviation Corps were carrying out a night-time counter-terrorism training operation when the first two aircraft in a 6 ship formation collided. Post crash fire.
A witness said: "I saw number 1 going under my nose upside down. I watched number 2's tail removed by the rotor blade contact and I basically, as I was trying to get up and over the top of them, I watched him the whole way to his impact. Because he's just lost his tail rotor and he basically spun two or three times prior to contacting the ground."
Sources:
adf-serials
http://web.archive.org/web/20170212231402/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s72779.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-11/survivor-remembers-1996-black-hawk-tragedy/7497914
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2010 13:40 | TB | Added |
| 07-Mar-2010 01:30 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source] |
| 12-Jun-2016 15:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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