ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160479
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Date: | Thursday 12 September 2013 |
Time: | 10:10 LT |
Type: | Sikorsky UH-60 |
Owner/operator: | California National Guard 129th Air Rescue Wing |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | Sequoia Nat'l Park, east of Visalia, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:During a marijuana eradication operation in the Sequoia National Forest east of Visalia, California, a volunteer operative, in a lowering harness, received fatal injuries subsequent to a fall from the hovering helicopter.
Sources:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-volunteer-falls-50-feet-20130913,0,5706213.story https://www.theepochtimes.com/shane-krogen-pot-cleanup-expert-dies-falling-out-of-helicopter-in-sequoia-national-forest_287148.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Sep-2013 23:56 |
Geno |
Added |
15-Sep-2013 13:18 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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