ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56052
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| Date: | Friday 21 March 2003 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight |
| Owner/operator: | USMC |
| Registration: | 152579 |
| MSN: | 2201 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | S of the Iraqi border, near Umm Qasr -
 Kuwait
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Eight British and four American troops died in a helicopter crash as the ground invasion of Iraq in the first Iraq war began.
The British troops from 3 Commando Brigade and US troops were killed when a US CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed in Kuwait several miles south of the Iraqi border said US defence officials.
Sources:
Scramble 303
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2871077.stm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 08:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2017 15:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2021 07:40 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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