ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189279
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Date: | Sunday 14 August 2016 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Eurocopter UH-72A Lakota |
Owner/operator: | Royal Thai Army (RTA) |
Registration: | 9656 |
MSN: | 9656 |
Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chiang Mai -
Thailand
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pang Mapha District |
Destination airport: | Phitsanuloke |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A military helicopter went missing in northern Thailand with five people on board, including a major general, during a flight returning to its base at Phitsanuloke inspecting flooding in Pang Mapha District of Mae Hong Son near the border with Myanmar. The helicopter disappeared from radar at around 10.30 LT, around 30 minutes into its flight, said Lieutenant General Somsak Ninbanjerdkun, Third Area Army commander overseeing Thailand's north.
The crashed helicopter was found the following day with all the five occupants deceased.
Sources:
https://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/chopper-with-a-general-on-board-lost-contact-with-control-tower/151083 https://in.reuters.com/article/thailand-military-helicopter-crash-idINKCN10Q0RN https://www.dailynews.co.th/regional/515815 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Aug-2016 19:52 |
kypmbangi |
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15-Aug-2016 07:38 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2016 09:57 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2016 10:35 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2016 10:36 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Narrative] |
15-Aug-2016 11:13 |
rotorspot |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
12-Oct-2016 17:23 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
13-Oct-2016 20:00 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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