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| Date: | Thursday 8 January 2004 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Army / 571st Medical Company |
| Registration: | 86-24488 |
| MSN: | 70-979 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fallujah -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by SAM. All 9 people onboard were killed.
Sources:
Scramble 334
http://www.armyaircrews.com/blackhawk.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1986.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1451169/Nine-killed-in-Black-Hawk-crash-in-Iraq.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 05-Apr-2013 11:16 | krasatpi | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2013 06:38 | krasatpi | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
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