ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157492
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| Date: | Thursday 4 July 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-35 |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Benina airbase, Benghazi -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Benina airbase |
| Benina airbase | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Libyan military helicopter crashed during an airshow in the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday killing two crew members and wounding a third. The accident occurred while a military parade was underway at the Benina airbase in Benghazi. The crash happened just before noon, when the Mi35 helicopter hit the ground in front of horrified comrades and spectators.
Two of the three crew – the pilot and flight engineer – were killed on impact. A third – the copilot – was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries.
Sources:
https://www.pri.org/dispatch/news/afp/130704/two-killed-chopper-crashes-at-libya-airshow
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130706172420
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=642227992472388&set=vb.100000555802330&type=2&theater (video from the crash site)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2013 05:48 | krasatpi | Added |
| 09-Jul-2013 06:36 | Anon. | Updated [Time] |
| 29-Nov-2017 12:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 29-Nov-2017 12:15 | harro | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2018 13:16 | TB | Updated [Plane category] |
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