ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56443
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Date: | Friday 5 May 2006 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing CH-47D Chinook |
Owner/operator: | United States Army B Co/2-10th AVN |
Registration: | 85-24349 |
MSN: | M3119 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Asadabad, Kunar province -
Afghanistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:10 soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division were killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, when their CH-47D Chinook helicopter, tail number 85-24349, crashed while conducting combat operations.
The crash was not the result of hostile fire. The area of the crash is a mountainous area.
CH-47D Chinook landed on mountaintop in sandstorm to pick up troops. During embarkation, helo caught by strong crosswind and toppled into ravine, where it caught fire.
Sources:
Scramble 326
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coalition_aircraft_losses_in_Afghanistan Air Forces Monthly
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194493,00.html http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/D_Models/85-24349/85-24349.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2008 12:16 |
harro |
Updated |
12-Mar-2010 02:22 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
27-Sep-2012 05:21 |
krasatpi |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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