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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 2017 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Tassili Airlines |
| Registration: | 7T-WUF |
| MSN: | 51264 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 kms SW of Douera -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft clipped power lines then crashed. Post crash fire.
The 4 occupants died.
According to press reports the helicopter was being used to film the new railway line between Zeralda and Algiers.
The pilot had 30 years and 4000 hrs experience.
Sources:
http://www.algerie-focus.com/2017/08/video-alger-quatre-morts-crash-dun-helicoptere-de-tassili-airlines/
https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/08/10/crash-helicoptere-alger_n_17716086.html
https://www.tsa-algerie.com/quatre-morts-dans-le-crash-dun-helicoptere-a-alger/
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https://www.helis.com/database/cn/33100/
Media:
??#ALERTE #Algérie
— Algérie24 (@Alg24net) 10 août 2017
Quatre morts, dont deux photographes, dans le crash de l'hélicoptère à Douérahttps://t.co/GVrkBbtrz9 pic.twitter.com/8ZIb752oUL
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Aug-2017 14:30 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 10-Aug-2017 14:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2017 15:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2017 19:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2017 19:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 12-Aug-2017 16:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Dec-2023 16:01 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code, ] |
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