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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Hélicoptère Service SA - THS |
| Registration: | F-GFZC |
| MSN: | 2163 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Région d’Agadez, Tenere desert -
 Niger
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Agadem oil block |
| Fachi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Aérospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil helicopter, enroute from oil company CNPC's remote Agadem oil block (about 1,500 km east of the capital Niamey) to Fachi, crashed in the Région d’Agadez, Tenere desert, about 10km away from its destination.
The helicopter was missed since Friday 6 April when it didn't arrive at its destination and was found Monday 9 April. The ELT did not activate. Two French crewmembers and four Chinese CNPC employees were killed.
Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2012/2012.semaine.15.pdf
https://www.reuters.com/article/niger-crash/update-1-helicopter-crash-kills-6-foreigners-in-niger-desert-idUKL6E8F91LL20120409/
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2012/04/10/six-tues-dont-deux-francais-dans-un-accident-au-niger_810664/
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/9/1/1492191.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 2008 | F-GFZC | Hélijet | 0 | Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Airport |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2012 16:02 | RobertMB | Added |
| 10-Apr-2012 03:42 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Source, ] |
| 10-Apr-2012 06:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2012 18:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2012 12:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 19-Apr-2012 07:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Aug-2014 18:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 20:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jul-2024 18:58 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Jul-2024 19:01 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
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