ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183925
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Date: | Tuesday 19 January 2016 |
Time: | 12:25 LT |
Type: | Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow |
Owner/operator: | UK Army Air Corps |
Registration: | ZJ... |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | near Haverhill, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Wattisham (EGUW) |
Destination airport: | Wattisham (EGUW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Apache helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing after striking a power line near Kedlington, Hundon Grange, Haverhill. The Apache from Wattisham was on a routine training flight.
A spokesman for UK Power Networks added: “We worked as quickly and as safely as possible to restore power supplies to 36 customers after an overhead line was damaged by an aircraft at 12.25pm on Tuesday near the village of Kedington.
Sources:
1.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/army-apologises-after-low-flying-7238754_ 2.
https://www.suffolkfreepress.co.uk/news/video-reader-captures-moment-apache-helicopter-hit-power-lines-near-haverhill-1-7175876/ 3.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3414974/More-100-homes-Suffolk-village-left-without-electricity-Army-helicopter-severs-power-cables-training-exercise.html 4.
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-01-21/apache-helicopter-pilot-knocks-on-suffolk-residents-doors-to-apologise-for-power-cut/ 5.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-35371601 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jan-2016 14:29 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
25-Jan-2016 17:24 |
Geno |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
22-Sep-2016 09:47 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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