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| Date: | Sunday 18 September 1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  PZL-Swidnik Kania (Mi-2) |
| Owner/operator: | Provincial Air Services |
| Registration: | SP-SSC |
| MSN: | 900102 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lungi -
 Sierra Leone
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lungi Airport |
| Freetown helipad | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ditched after taking-off in a rainstorm. The polish pilot and five of seven lebanese passengers survived.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
The Spokesman-Review, Sept 19, 1988
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jan-2011 15:34 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2012 03:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2012 03:24 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 17-Sep-2017 18:24 | TB | Updated [Plane category, ] |
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