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| Date: | Tuesday 17 February 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | 73-21711 |
| MSN: | 13999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near border of Ecuador and Peru, between Loja, EC and Bagua, PE -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Loja, EC |
| Bagua, PE |
Aircraft was shot down by surface to air missel
Sources:
Sacramento Bee, 19 May 1981
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 2002 | HU.10-79 | Ejército del Aire | 3 | near Colmenar Viejo |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 29-Jun-2016 12:39 | Honcho 64 | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 20-Apr-2022 15:46 | samuel.grace | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:23 | Avenger 66 | Updated [Country, Narrative, ] |
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