ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144047
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| Date: | Monday 27 February 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-17 (Mi-8MTV) |
| Owner/operator: | Green Flag Aviation Company Ltd. |
| Registration: | ST-GFB |
| MSN: | 202M25 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Al-Faw, an area of Sudan’s Gedaref state -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Al-Fao |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Three people were confirmed dead after a helicopter crash in Al-Faw, an area of Sudan’s Gedaref state on Monday 27 February 2012. The Minister of Agriculture Abdul Halim Ismail Al-Mutafi was also on the flight and survived the incident. The chopper was carrying eight passengers in addition to four crew members. The fatalities were two pax from the Ministry of Agriculture and one crew member (a flight engineer).
The helicopter caught fire after takeoff and crashed.
Sources:
http://www.arabstoday.net/en/2012022796270/three-killed-in-sudans-plane-crash
http://english.cntv.cn/20120227/123678.shtml
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fananews.com/en/?p=86391]
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=207166
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-02/28/content_14710749_2.htm
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.rotorspot.nl/current/st-c.htm]
http://www.airpics.gr/UserFiles/pics/medium/22850/22834m.jpg (photo)
http://images.indianexpress.com/2014/05/crash-l.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2012 07:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Feb-2012 12:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 28-Feb-2012 00:25 | Dmitriy | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2012 00:57 | plcedi | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 28-Feb-2012 01:22 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Nature] |
| 28-Feb-2012 04:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 31-Aug-2014 19:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 10:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
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