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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing/EMI CH-47C Chinook |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Iranian Army Aviation (IIAA) |
| Registration: | 5-40.. |
| MSN: | P0.. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gjaurs -
 Turkmenistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by Soviet MiG-23M over Turkmenistan. The entire crew of eight persons died in the crash.
A second Chinook was also downed. In that crash the four crew members survived the crash.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Iranian_Chinook_shootdown
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2009 23:40 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 01-Aug-2010 10:24 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Mar-2012 09:45 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2012 09:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 14-Dec-2015 14:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Dec-2015 14:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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