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| Date: | Saturday 2 April 2005 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King Mk50A |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Navy (RAN) |
| Registration: | N16-100 |
| MSN: | WA788 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tuindrao, Aman Draya, Nias Island -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMAS Kanimbla |
| Aman Draya |
Call sign "Shark 02", crashed during humanitarian support mission due to failure of the flight control system due to a maintenance error.
Sources:
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Nias_Island_WS-61_Sea_King_crash
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.defence.gov.au/sea_king_boi/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2008 05:06 | harro | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2010 09:54 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2010 10:33 | TB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, ] |
| 05-Sep-2011 03:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2013 11:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2013 16:52 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2013 16:55 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Aug-2014 20:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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