ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198456
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 2017 |
| Time: | 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  AgustaWestland/Kawasaki CH-101 (EH101) |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Registration: | 8193 |
| MSN: | KHI08 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Iwakuni Airbase (IWK/RJOI) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Iwakuni Airbase (IWK/RJOI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A military transport helicopter of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force crashed while hovering over the Seaplane Ramp at Iwakuni Airbase during training for underslung load operations with a 500 kg load of oil drums. The main rotor was destroyed and the aircraft ended on one side. Three crew members were injured and one was described as 'dizzy'.
CH-101 is a variant of AW101 (nee EH101) produced by Kawasaki Heavy Industries under license and specialized for Antarctic support operations.
Sources:
www.xinhuanet.com
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170817-00000040-mai-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/jnn?a=20170817-00000035-jnn-pol]
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/08/17/07370055.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170820105401/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170817/k10011102391000.html?
https://www.helis.com/database/model/771/
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2017 12:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Aug-2017 12:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Aug-2017 13:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2017 13:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Aug-2017 13:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Aug-2017 13:20 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2017 16:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2017 20:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Feb-2018 09:10 | sinfu2a | Updated [Source, Damage] |
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