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| Date: | Tuesday 11 December 2012 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King Mk43B |
| Owner/operator: | Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Divgagaisa, near Lakselv -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Banak Air Station (LKL/ENNA) |
According to the Squadron Commander, the aircraft had a hard landing - in which the left landing gear was damaged.
(Reports of emergency situation has later been corrected - also in media)
Helicopter retrieved by hire Russian Mi 26 on 23.December.
Sources:
https://www.nrk.no/troms/helikopter-skadd-under-landing-1.10622580
https://www.ifinnmark.no/nyheter/havarert-sea-king/s/1-30002-6389993
https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article6857355.ece
https://www.ifinnmark.no/nyheter/se-den-gigantiske-redningen/s/1-30002-6409748
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2012 12:01 | emi | Added |
| 11-Dec-2012 12:42 | asyl | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Source, ] |
| 11-Dec-2012 12:49 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Dec-2012 14:27 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Dec-2012 00:19 | asyl | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2012 12:02 | asyl | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2012 12:33 | asyl | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-Jan-2013 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2013 17:15 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 04-Nov-2015 10:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-Nov-2015 10:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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