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| Date: | Monday 22 June 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Simrik Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AKF |
| MSN: | 7411 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sanagaun, Gorkha -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Consumed by fire after landing. Some reports suggest the aircraft over turned on a slope. It is also being reported the aircraft had made an emergency landing after a bird strike. Aircraft on contract to Office of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Sources:
http://directionkathmandu.com/information/simrik-air-helicopter-catches-fire-in-gorkha/
https://www.aviationnepal.com/simrik-airs-kilo-foxtrot-9n-akf-suffers-from-fire-during-emergency-landing/
http://archive.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2015/06/22/how-simrik-helicopter-caught-fire/
http://video.europenepalprograms.com/2015/06/simrik-helicopter-crashes-in-western.html
Media:
Simrik Air helicopter accident after bird-hit in Gorkha, Nepal. No casualty. Pics via @kathmandupost & @rambohora pic.twitter.com/LxxWfEfcfD
— Ujjwal Acharya (@UjjwalAcharya) June 22, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2015 13:05 | geni | Added |
| 22-Jun-2015 13:08 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2015 20:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2015 11:29 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 09-Oct-2015 14:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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