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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing/EMI CH-47C Chinook |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Iranian Army Aviation (IIAA) |
| Registration: | 5-4092 |
| MSN: | P064/B780 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Gjaurs -
 Turkmenistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Forced down by Soviet MiG-23M over Turkmenistan. Four crew members died in the crash, four survived and were allowed to return to Iran.
A second Chinook was downed. In that crash the eight crew members died the crash.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20151016072125/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/country-by-country/iranhelos.htm
https://forum.keypublishing.com/archive/index.php/t-95299.html
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2015 17:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Apr-2017 13:38 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 21-Apr-2017 13:39 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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