ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246425
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| Date: | Monday 28 December 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | D.R. Congo Air Force |
| Registration: | 9T-HB3 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bafwamongo, Bafwatende, Tshopo -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Niania |
| Kisangani | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Contact with a helicopter of the D.R. Congo Air Force was lost on 28 December 2020. the wreckage of the helicopter was found in the night of 30 to 31 December 2020 in Bafwamango. The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. One occupant died in the crash. Two others were seriously injured.
Sources:
https://www.7sur7.cd/2021/01/01/tshopo-1-mort-dans-le-crash-dun-helicoptere-de-larmee-bafwasende
https://actu30.cd/2021/01/rdc-1-mort-et-2-blesses-dans-le-crash-dun-helicoptere-de-larmee-a-bafwansende/
https://buniaactualite.com/ituri-le-crach-dun-helicoptere-des-fardc-fait-1mort-et-deux-blesses-graves/
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/135490998_3711902035519918_6763318709151007688_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=-PaCECkZMWwAX9l_15F&_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.xx&oh=54dc6dc7d45e1f75cdf92e651760844d&oe=6018BD2C
Media:
« L’hélicoptère de @FARDC_ qui avait quitté #Bunia pour #Kisangani avec des officiers à son bord et dont l'armée avait perdu le contact s’est écrasé dans la localité de Bafwamongo (#Tshopo) faisant un décès et 2 blessés graves.https://t.co/EH8WVgEFhh @actu30magazine pic.twitter.com/JOWjbhlTOf
— MEDIACONGO.NET (@mediacongo) January 1, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2021 11:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jan-2021 12:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration] |
| 02-Jan-2021 12:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration] |
| 02-Jan-2021 12:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 03-Jan-2021 14:39 | Michiel Vermeer | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code] |
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