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| Date: | Thursday 11 February 2021 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206B JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) |
| Registration: | AF-317 |
| MSN: | 8492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Entebbe, near Lido -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A UPDF helicopter crashed during a training flight and was destroyed. Both trainee pilots were seriously injured, one died later in hospital.
Sources:
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/updf-helicopter-crashes-in-entebbe-with-two-cadet-trainees-onboard-3287818
https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/90173
https://pearltimes.co.ug/confirmed-updf-pilot-capt-kobusingye-succumbs-to-injuries-from-entebbe-helicopter-crash/
ex.OE-BXT, D-HAFI, ST-HLS, D-HAFI.
https://www.planepictures.net/a/67/02/1189253779.jpg (photo)
Media:
UPDF helicopter crash-lands in Entebbehttps://t.co/OaePviq8aP | #VisionUpdates pic.twitter.com/wYQl5iMM4g
— The New Vision (@newvisionwire) February 11, 2021
UPDF chopper has crashed around Spennah Beach Entebbe.
— Calvin Mutsinzi (@CalvinMutsinzi) February 11, 2021
pic.twitter.com/dXcn341uIy
Chopper Crash: Two cadet trainees of @UPDFspokespersn have been rushed to hospital after the chopper in which they were flying landed immediately after take off near Lido beach in Entebbe. The army spokesperson Brig.Flavia Byekwaso says the two cadet trainees were training. pic.twitter.com/eEXrxThgTq
— Dick Nvule🇺🇬 (@nvulescribe) February 11, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2021 13:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2021 14:02 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 11-Feb-2021 14:03 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 11-Feb-2021 14:04 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 11-Feb-2021 15:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 11-Feb-2021 18:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2021 09:54 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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