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| Date: | Tuesday 23 April 2024 |
| Time: | 09:32 LT |
| Type: |  AgustaWestland AW139 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Malaysian Navy |
| Registration: | M503-3 |
| MSN: | 31965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Lumut NAS (WMLH), Lumut, Perak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lumut NAS (WMLH) |
| Lumut NAS (WMLH) |
A Royal Malaysian Navy AgustaWestland AW139 M503-3, operated by 503 Skuadron and a Eurocopter AS 555SN Fennec, operated by 502 Skuadron, were practising for next week’s Navy Day and experienced a mid-air collision with Royal Malaysian Navy AgustaWestland Eurocopter AS 555SN Fennec, operated by 502 Skuadron, over Lumut NAS (WMLH), Lumut, Perak, and crashed at a running track.
The seven occupants of the AW139 and the three occupants of the Fennec perished and both helicopters were destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68852721.amp
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/1041472/breaking-ten-killed-lumut-navy-helicopter-crash-nsttv
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/ten-crew-killed-after-two-malaysian-navy-helicopters-collide-in-midair
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ten-killed-after-two-malaysian-navy-helicopters-collide-mid-air-2024-04-23/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/899855_1709603225.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex CSX82046 (Italian factory test serial)
Location
Media:
#NSTnation "There were 10 crew members in total. Based on preliminary information, there were no survivors."#helicoptercrash #Lumut pic.twitter.com/URTS7oOT8W
— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) April 23, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2024 05:03 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 23-Apr-2024 07:06 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 23-Apr-2024 07:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 23-Apr-2024 20:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Aug-2024 10:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
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