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Date: | Saturday 23 April 2011 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior |
Owner/operator: | 1-10th Aviation (Attack) US Army |
Registration: | 95-00024 |
MSN: | 43358 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Alasay district of Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul -
Afghanistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A member of the coalition force in Afghanistan died Saturday after his helicopter crashed, the military said, as two Afghan policemen died in a separate Taliban ambush, AFP reported.
The helicopter went down after apparently hitting a cable connecting two mountains in Kapisa province, northeast of the capital Kabul.
International troops came under fire from insurgents as they arrived at the scene to rescue two crew members, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
"The two crew members were recovered by coalition forces, one died at the scene from injuries received in the crash," it said in a statement.
The helicopter hit a cable, said Kapisa deputy provincial governor Aziz Ul Rahman.
"Initial information we have says that the helicopter of the foreign forces has hit a cable that the local people in Alasay district had erected between two mountains to ferry rocks," he said.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed its forces had shot down the helicopter, killing all those aboard. The militants are known frequently to exaggerate their claims.
Pilot CW2 Terry L. Varnadore II, 29, of Mills River, Hendersonville, NC was killed. He was attached to Company C “Blue Max,” Task Force Phoenix, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20110423_ap_natocoalitionhelicoptercrashesinafghanistan.html]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.wggb.com/Global/story.asp?S=14501183&clienttype=printable]
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n247909 http://lemamouth.blogspot.com/2011/04/hard-landing-en-alassay.html http://web.archive.org/web/20170504131237/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/2011.htm#0706 http://armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Apr-2011 05:21 |
gerard57 |
Added |
24-Apr-2011 03:16 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
24-Apr-2011 05:04 |
krasatpi |
Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source] |
28-Apr-2011 05:41 |
RW-018 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
13-Jul-2011 01:47 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Mar-2020 06:47 |
StokieSteve |
Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |