ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2343
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 February 2008 |
| Time: | 01:10 |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H |
| Owner/operator: | Republic of Korea Army |
| Registration: | 886 |
| MSN: | 5369 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yangpyong -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sung-Nam, AF Central Hospl |
| Hong-Chun, AF Chul-Jung Hospl | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into a mountain near Seoul, killing all seven people on board. The UH-1H went down in Yangpyong, about 25 miles east of Seoul around 1:10 a.m. Two pilots, two medical officers and three soldiers died when the aircraft crashed while returning to base after transporting an emergency patient to a military hospital, he said. The chopper disappeared from radar and lost communications at the time of accident.
Sources:
http://newsobserver.com
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2008 23:20 | Fusko | Added |
| 21-Feb-2008 10:07 | anon | Updated |
| 20-Oct-2008 01:04 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 09-Mar-2019 11:26 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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