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| Date: | Friday 5 May 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing CH-47D Chinook |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army B Co/2-10th AVN |
| Registration: | 85-24349 |
| MSN: | M3119 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Asadabad, Kunar province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
10 soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division were killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, when their CH-47D Chinook helicopter, tail number 85-24349, crashed while conducting combat operations.
The crash was not the result of hostile fire. The area of the crash is a mountainous area.
CH-47D Chinook landed on mountaintop in sandstorm to pick up troops. During embarkation, helo caught by strong crosswind and toppled into ravine, where it caught fire.
Sources:
Scramble 326
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coalition_aircraft_losses_in_Afghanistan
Air Forces Monthly
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194493,00.html
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/D_Models/85-24349/85-24349.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 12:16 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Mar-2010 02:22 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 27-Sep-2012 05:21 | krasatpi | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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