ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-12BP 3X-GEQ FOB Dwyer, Helmand Province

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Status:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:	Wednesday 28 July 2010
Type:	Antonov An-12BP
Operator:	Unknown
Registration:	3X-GEQ
MSN:	4342210
First flight:	1964
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	FOB Dwyer, Helmand Province ( Afghanistan)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	?

Narrative:
A contracted An-12 cargo plane overshot the runway at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan. It crashed through the safety berm.
The airplane was transporting fresh fruits and dairy products for the base.
Members of the U.S.Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 at the airfield drained the fuel from the tanks and attempted to drag the whole plane to a clearing away from the runway. This failed, so the decision was made to tear the plane into several smaller pieces.

Classification:

Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:

» NMCB 5 helps rescue crew after plane crash-lands

Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/sep/01/nmcb-5-helps-rescue-crew-after-plane-crash-lands/#ixzz12Xn0zVDc
NMCB 5 helps rescue crew after plane crash-lands / By CMCN Brian Leird

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accident date: 28-07-2010
type: Antonov An-12BP
registration: 3X-GEQ

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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