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| Date: | Thursday 6 June 1996 |
| Time: | c. 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell/Dornier UH-1D Iroquois (205A-1) |
| Owner/operator: | FBS BMVg Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 71+00 |
| MSN: | 8160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Löttringhausen/Dortmund -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dortmund (Westfalen hall) |
| Dortmund |
Crashed into trees on sideseeing flight with eleven civil passengers on board due to pilot error. One passenger (Sven Bolliger, 25) survived seriously injured. Hptm Enrico Carle Buffagni (pilot, 37), Holger Andraczek (co-pilot, 33), Nadine Wittich (medical orderly, 19).
Sources:
https://www.wp.de/staedte/herdecke-wetter/hubschrauber-tragoedie-bei-zwei-herdeckern-noch-heute-praesent-id232457581.html
https://www.halternerzeitung.de/dortmund/hubschrauber-absturz-vor-25-jahren-es-ist-jedes-jahr-wieder-erschreckend-w1640257-p-3000247831/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugunfall_bei_der_Jugendmesse_YOU_1996_in_Dortmund
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/364753418
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2010 10:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jun-2010 11:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2010 11:37 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Apr-2011 14:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2011 08:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 14-Mar-2012 08:57 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 07-Sep-2012 02:49 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 22:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 06-Jun-2021 10:34 | fx128 | Updated [Source, ] |
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