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| Date: | Saturday 29 December 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale Alouette III |
| Owner/operator: | Air Force of Zimbabwe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Mchakazi -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Arare |
| Gutu |
An Alouette III helicopter had to do a forced landing in the Mchakazi area in Gutu Central yesterday near Ranga school after it developed a fault while airborne.
The chopper was travelling to Gutu from Harare.
Sources:
http://www.zbc.co.zw/helicopter-in-forced-landing-in-gutu/
https://zwnews.com/zim-zimbabwe-latest-news-army-helicopter-crash-lands-in-gutu/
Media:
Army Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Gutu https://t.co/kdGZsywHha pic.twitter.com/fCUF4jsQuY
— thezimbabwenewslive (@thezimnewslive) December 30, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2018 16:12 | Black Typhoon | Added |
| 30-Dec-2018 16:15 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2018 16:17 | harro | Updated [Date, Embed code, ] |
| 30-Dec-2018 17:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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