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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  TAI/AgustaWestland T129A ATAK |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Qaddah village in Rajo area, Afrin region -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Turkish Army T129 ATAK helicopter crashed near Qaddah village in Rajo area, Afrin region, Syria, while performing combat mission against kurdish militants. Both crew members were killed.
Sources:
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/two-turkish-soldiers-martyred-after-military-helicopter-downed-amid-afrin-op-3104382
Media:
Syria: Two killed as Turkish helicopter crashes during Afrin offensive
— GONEWS (@gonewslivhdtv) 10 février 2018
Footage shot by fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces captured the moment a Turkish military helicopter was allegedly downed in #Raju, northwest #Afrin on Saturday, pic.twitter.com/z2P6n1nUh9
#BREAKING Turkish military helicopter downed in southern Hatay province during Operation Olive Branch: President Erdogan
— ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) (@anadoluagency) February 10, 2018
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| 10-Feb-2018 13:29 | sinfu2a | Added |
| 10-Feb-2018 15:45 | sinfu2a | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Feb-2018 00:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 16:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 16:08 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 16:09 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 16:09 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2021 06:46 | Drone Insider | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 27-Mar-2021 12:57 | Drone Insider | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 20-Oct-2021 16:53 | Drone Insider | Updated [Operator, Embed code, ] |
| 04-May-2024 13:23 | Ususum | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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