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| Date: | Saturday 26 May 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 212ASW |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Thai Navy (RTN) |
| Registration: | 2212 |
| MSN: | 30876 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Thailand -
 Thailand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | U-Tapao |
| U-Tapao |
Crashed on SAR mission for injured fisherman from trawler in Gulf of Thailand. Failed to find the ship and returned to base but lost control and plunged into the sea 15 miles off coast. One surviver rescued by fishing boat.
Sources:
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlob/802/70/potential.pdf
AFM July 2001, p90
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2013 17:27 | TB | Added |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:37 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 09:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
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