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| Date: | Wednesday 8 December 2004 |
| Time: | c 18:15 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky MH-60J Jayhawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Coast Guard (USCG) |
| Registration: | 6020 |
| MSN: | 70-1702 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Unalaska Island, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak CGAS, AK |
| Kodiak CGAS, AK |
Crashed into Scan Bay after having rescued seven crew members from the stricken Malaysian freighter "Seledang Ayu" when hit by a giant wave. The three helicopter crew and one sailor survived.
Sources:
AFM FEB 2005, p73
http://www.esys.org/news/sos_0412.html
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2004/12/11/helicopter-on-rescue-mission-crashes-into-sea/
https://gcaptain.com/mv-selendang-ayu-oil-spill-sinking/
https://shipwrecklog.com/log/history/selendang-ayu/
https://officerofthewatch.com/2012/12/10/mv-selendang-ayu-grounding/
Media:
OTD in 2001 a USCG SAR MH-60J helicopter crashed during the rescue when hit by a giant wavehttps://t.co/9GNoJEg3I5 #helicopter #accident #sar #searchandrescue #flightsafety #aviationsafety
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) December 8, 2020
Este video, de un HH-60 Jayhawk de la Guardia costera intentando dejar tripulantes del buque Selendang Ayu en la cubierta del patrullero Uss Alex Haley bien merece un pequeño hilo. pic.twitter.com/P7nf6HR5tv
— jpartej (@jpartej) December 8, 2022
El barco se encontró con mal tiempo desde que zarpó. El 6 de diciembre a la altura de las Aleutianas el motor del barco comenzó a dar problemas y finalmente se paró dejando el barco a la deriva. pic.twitter.com/KxuaV4Z5kG
— jpartej (@jpartej) December 8, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2010 02:19 | TB | Added |
| 05-Aug-2010 15:06 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Feb-2019 10:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2019 18:55 | mttacwa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 08-Dec-2020 10:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 26-Aug-2021 14:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, ] |
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