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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Polish Army |
| Registration: | 272 |
| MSN: | 340272 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Air base in Al-Diwaniyah -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Al-Qud |
Crashed shortly after take-off, when strong gust of wind blew the helicopter ito a group of palm trees near the airstrip. Four crew and three journalists were injured.
Sources:
Scramble 328
https://gdziewojsko.wordpress.com/listy/mi-24/
Air International OCT 2006, p19
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2011 14:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2011 14:38 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2013 09:09 | krasatpi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, ] |
| 29-Nov-2017 21:02 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 03-Jan-2022 11:26 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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