ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180444
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 2015 |
| Time: | 18:00Hrs |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | General Aviation - Tz |
| Registration: | 5Y-DKK |
| MSN: | 7027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Selous Game Park -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | DAR |
| LUDEWA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter had been chartered by Tanzania's Ruling party CCM for election campaigns and was en route to Ludewa having taken off from Dar es Salaam with 4 people on board disappeared on the evening of 15th October, a massive search was launched an the charred remains of the helicopter were found 16th October within the Selous game reserve. No one survived the crash. Post crash fire.
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Sources:
http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/43260-filikunjombe-dies-in-chopper-crash
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.42.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 July 2011 | ZS-HDK | To the left of Runway 35 at Sishen Aerodrome |  |
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Ndugu Deo Filikunjombe na Kapteni William Silaa, wamefariki dunia katika ajali ya helikopta 5Y-DKK, iliyotokea jana jioni Selous.
— Chama Cha Mapinduzi (@ccm_tanzania) October 16, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2015 16:10 | babawambui | Added |
| 16-Oct-2015 16:12 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2015 06:54 | Tonymacharia | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2015 08:13 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Oct-2015 09:31 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 17-Oct-2015 10:33 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Oct-2015 10:39 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2015 19:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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