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| Date: | Saturday 19 July 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri |
| Owner/operator: | TUDM (Royal Malaysian Air Force) |
| Registration: | FM1717 |
| MSN: | 61780 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 48 km from Ipoh, Perak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LP Gurung Korbu, Perak |
Crashed in the jungle while lifting off. Occupants injured. Helicopter repaired.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001142/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Malaysia.htm
http://xnuripilot.blogspot.de/2009_10_01_archive.html
http://xnuripilot.blogspot.de/search/label/Scrap%20book
New Straits Times 26 August 1980, p6
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 2007 | M23-14 | TUDM (Royal Malaysian Air Force) | 6 | 5 km from Genting Sempah, Bentong, Pahang | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2012 12:49 | TB | Added |
| 28-Sep-2012 06:15 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Sep-2012 11:33 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2012 08:47 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 02-Feb-2019 09:53 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, ] |
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