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| Date: | Thursday 14 July 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | Tunisian Army |
| Registration: | L81-920 ? |
| MSN: | 13837 ? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | no-through road Touta, Gabes road - Sfax -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. Two occupants, a pilot capitaine Youssef Belhaj (30) and a pilot training, died in the crash.
The pilot had done everything to avoid falling over a populated area.
Sources:
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2512201&Language=en
https://www.shemsfm.net/fr/video/109734/exclusif-sur-le-lieu-du-crash-de-l-helicoptere-quelques-minutes-apres-l-accident_109734
https://tunivisions.net/67743/article/drame-du-jour-2-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-helicoptere-a-sfax.tnv
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2016 16:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jul-2016 16:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 14-Jul-2016 18:02 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, ] |
| 19-Jul-2016 11:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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