ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172810
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Date: | Thursday 8 January 2015 |
Time: | c. 1100 LT |
Type: | Bell 212HP AH Mk1 |
Owner/operator: | British Army Air Corps (AAC) |
Registration: | ZK067 |
MSN: | 30835 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Mount Kenya forest, Gathiuru area, Kieni constituency -
Kenya
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nanyuki training school, British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) |
Destination airport: | Nanyuki training school, British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The helicopter made a force landing after reported mechanical problems. Four British servicemen, three men and a woman, were injured in the crash. The helicopter was conducting a routine training flight.
Technicians are expected to arrive on 10 January to repair the helicopter and fly it from the scene.
Sources:
http://africanspotlight.com/2015/01/08/helicopter-crash-lands-mt-kenya-forest/ https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Four-injured-as-helicopter-crash-lands-in-Mt-Kenya/-/1056/2582620/-/6ewuxyz/-/index.html http://www.citizennews.co.ke/mobile/index.php/news/2012/local/item/25539-4-injured-after-army-helicopter-crash-lands.html https://m.news24.com/africa https://horizonpost.weebly.com/kenya/british-army-chopper-crash-lands-in-mt-kenya-forest https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=thecounties/article/2000147267/four-escape-narrowly-as-chopper-crash-lands-in-mt-kenya-forest Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jan-2015 06:54 |
gerard57 |
Added |
09-Jan-2015 08:35 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
09-Jan-2015 09:58 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
09-Jan-2015 12:39 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
09-Jan-2015 13:11 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
09-Jan-2015 19:33 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Jan-2015 07:10 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Registration] |
22-Jan-2015 23:50 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source] |
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