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| Date: | Tuesday 20 May 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 532UL Cougar |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Kara Kuvvetleri (TKK) |
| Registration: | 140... |
| MSN: | 24.. |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Makila |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zapo -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by SAM in Cukurca district. Eight Officers, two Subofficers and one civil.
Sources:
Flight International 23-29 September 1998
Milliyet Gazete 6 June 1997, p1+16
Scramble
Cumhuriyet 17 May 2016, p11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2010 02:45 | TB | Added |
| 09-Feb-2013 10:06 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Feb-2013 10:34 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Jul-2016 15:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 15:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Dec-2020 09:16 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2020 16:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
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