ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230966
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| Date: | Friday 29 November 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing AH-64A Apache |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Saudi Land Forces |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near the border with Saudi Arabia -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down Saudi helicopter near the border with a surface-air missile, killing two pilots.
Sources:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/yemen-houthi-rebels-shot-saudi-apache-helicopter-191129080244805.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN1Y30JL
Media:
YEMEN Houthis/Ansar Allah claims shooting down a KSA helicopter AH-64 Apache" in Asir province with a new surface to air missile
— Harry Boone (@towersight) November 29, 2019
Claim raise curiosity about what is the "New" type...but not a good new for helos hovering in the area
pic.twitter.com/entinmNshK
Хуситы работают по боевому вертолету AH-64D Apache саудитов в Йемене. Ополченцы в тапках советскими ракетами завалили американскую гордость! pic.twitter.com/6cAbmSR4OA
— Анатолий Власов 🇷🇺 (@AnatolyVlasov87) December 1, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2019 13:06 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 29-Nov-2019 14:04 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Embed code] |
| 02-Dec-2019 10:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Dec-2019 06:45 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 21-Jan-2022 19:52 | Drone Insider | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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