ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320604
Date: | Friday 10 January 2014 |
Time: | |
Type: | Beechcraft 300 King Air (MARSS) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | N195AE |
MSN: | FA-195 |
Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Eastern Afghanistan -
Afghanistan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A US-military MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft flying a nighttime mission crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Two coalition servicemembers and a civilian working with the military were killed. There are no indications that the aircraft was brought down by enemy fire, said a defense official.
Janes.com reported on January 16 that the airplane may have been a US Army special mission platform instead of a USAF MC-12W. It would have been a Beechcraft King Air 300 Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (MARSS).
Sources:
ABC NATO Janes.com
Scramble.nl Location
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