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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing MH-47E Chinook |
| Owner/operator: | US Army 160th SOAR |
| Registration: | 91-00497 |
| MSN: | M3703 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sangin, Helmand -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Suffered a technical malfunction, believed hit by small arms fire, and damaged in force-landing, then deliberately destroyed by a coalition air strike.
Sources:
Air Internatonal AUG 2006, p17/OCT 2006, p19
https://www.scramble.nl/database/accident#results
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2021 14:04 | TB | Added |
| 03-Jan-2022 11:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2022 11:14 | TB | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2022 11:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Oct-2025 06:17 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
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