Incident AgustaWestland AW139 9M-WAJ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137064
 
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Date:Thursday 30 June 2011
Time:08:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic A139 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
AgustaWestland AW139
Owner/operator:Weststar General Aviation
Registration: 9M-WAJ
MSN: 31352
Year of manufacture:2011
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Kuala Lumpur-Subang Airport (WMSA) -   Malaysia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Kuala Lumpur/Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah/Subang Airport - WMSA
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An AW139 of Weststar Aviation Services crashed shortly after taking off at Kuala Lumpur/Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah/Subang Airport (WMSA) Thursday morning.
It is learnt that three people - a pilot and two trainees - were on board the AugustaWestland AW139 helicopter when it crashed.
The pilot suffered minor injuries but the others were unhurt in the 8.18am incident.
The chopper's rotors were also damaged when the tailsection was cut off.

Sources:

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/30/nation/20110630134318&sec=nation?file=/2011/6/30/nation/20110630134318&sec=nation
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/456041-weststar-139-tail-incident-30th-june-2011-a-5.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jun-2011 01:50 gerard57 Added
30-Jun-2011 04:11 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
30-Jun-2011 15:45 RobertMB Updated [Registration, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 13:30 TB Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Narrative]
23-Jun-2022 11:17 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
17-May-2023 07:31 Anon. Updated [[Source, Narrative]]

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