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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1993 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 332B Super Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Kuwait Air Force |
| Registration: | 541 |
| MSN: | 2117 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Makila |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Kuwait City -
 Kuwait
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Mid-air collision with KAF-552 SA330L Puma (cn1276) during air show. The collision occured with the main rotors during formation. 541 plunged into sea, while 552 lost its tailboom & main rotor, disintegrated, crashed against a building & caught fire (video). There where no survivors.
Sources:
1. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/videos/Puma%20Mid-air.mpeg
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20121123090555/http://www.scramble.nl:80/milbase.htm
3. Flight International 6-12 April 1994
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2010 11:21 | TB | Added |
| 13-Feb-2010 11:50 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2010 02:19 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2010 02:24 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jun-2010 02:25 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Jun-2010 03:12 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Mar-2011 15:03 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Feb-2013 10:36 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 29-Sep-2024 06:06 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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