ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162748
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| Date: | 16-DEC-2013 |
| Time: | 15:30 JST |
| Type: |  Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Miura city, roughly 60 kilometres (38 miles) south of Tokyo -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Atsugi airbase (RJTA), Japan |
Obviously because of a technical malfunction (tail rotor jam, transmission problem), the pilot of the US Navy helicopter had to perform an emergency landing. In the landing two of the four occupants were injured. Upon the emergency landing, the helicopter fell over sideways. This is a carrier helicopter of USS George Washington, CVN-73, which stops at Yokosuka port, and it belongs to Carrier Air Wing Five,CVW-5 of Atsugi airbase RJTA.
Sources:
http://aaj.tv/2013/12/us-navy-helicopter-crashes-in-japan/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/16/national/navy-copter-crash-lands-pair-hurt/
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20131216-00000086-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20131216-00000023-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20131216-00000762-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20131219-00000559-yom-soci
US military helicopter made emergency landing. (Dec.16, Miura City, Kanagawa Pref.) pic.twitter.com/Q2u9ZQaM0V
— Japan Press Weekly (@JapanPress_wky) December 19, 2013Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2013 11:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Dec-2013 12:38 | plcedi | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 16-Dec-2013 13:57 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2013 14:48 | chulian1819 | Updated [Damage] |
| 17-Dec-2013 08:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Dec-2013 13:09 | isamuel | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 19-Dec-2013 13:34 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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