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| Date: | Wednesday 18 March 2020 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24D |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'air Ivoirienne |
| Registration: | TU-VHR |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP) -
 Cote d'Ivoire
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP) |
A Mi-24 helicopter crashed at 09:45 during take-off from Abidjan Airport. Only the pilot and the co-pilot were on board. They received minor injuries. No loss of life has been reported.
An investigation is announced to elucidate the reasons for this accident, four months after the collision on November 27, 2019 in Katiola between a helicopter and another aircraft already grounded, during the state visit of President Alassane Ouattara.
Sources:
https://lecourrierquotidien.com/societes-crash-dun-helicoptere-mi-24-a-laeroport-fhb-dabidjan--deux-blesses-ce-qui-sest-reellement-passe
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/military-helicopters/ivory-coast-getting-replacement-mi-24s-after-two-crashes/
Location
Media:
Crash d’un hélicoptère Mi-24 à l’aéroport FHB d’Abidjan : Deux blessés, ce qui s’est réellement passéhttps://t.co/Y5dC3ZufSq pic.twitter.com/vAWKMAYmDv
— Rue80.com (l'info relayée autrement) (@Rue80Com) March 18, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2020 13:49 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 18-Mar-2020 17:17 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2020 17:21 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2020 10:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Damage, ] |
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