ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56708
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| Date: | Monday 24 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing AH-64D Sharaf |
| Owner/operator: | Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force) |
| Registration: | 723 |
| MSN: | DIN002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sefad -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
(3) Main rotor separated. Crew (Tzvi Luft, Tom Farkash) killed.
(2) Hezbollah claimed to have shot down the helicopter during the 2006 Lebanon War at Bint Jbeil on Israeli side of the border
(1) Suffered an unknown problem whilst flying at high altitude and then struck an electricity wire and crashed whilst attempting an emergency landing near Safed. Both crew members were killed.
Sources:
Scramble 335
(3) http://myplace.frontier.com/~anneled/IAFinventory.html
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bint_Jbeil
(1) Air International OCT 2006, p19
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 05:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2014 12:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2022 12:07 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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