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| Date: | Friday 7 January 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Saudi Medical Services |
| Registration: | HZ-MS16 |
| MSN: | 6154 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 35 km S of Riyadh -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Oery |
| Hawtah Bani Tamim | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Saudi Arabia’s Defense and Aviation Ministry says an emergency medical helicopter has crashed south of Riyadh killing all four people on board.
The ministry said in a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency said the helicopter went down Friday some 19 miles (35 kilometers) south of Riyadh.
The medical helicopter that belonged to the Saudi Medical Services, Ministry of Defense was en route to Hawtah Bani Tamim, 100 km from the capital to pick up a patient.
The dead were identified as pilot Capt. Khaled Al-Dakhil and First Lt. Mandeel Al-Subaihi, both Saudis, Egyptian doctor Amjad Al-Iraqi and Filipino nurse Rosella, whose full name was not disclosed.
Sources:
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp
http://www.arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article230958.ece
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2011 11:30 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jan-2011 13:08 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jan-2011 13:17 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 07-Jan-2011 16:11 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jan-2011 16:55 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2011 14:42 | gwog | Updated [Source, ] |
| 13-Jan-2011 14:49 | ecspotter | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 14-Jan-2011 16:21 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 16-Jan-2011 08:06 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jan-2011 11:35 | Emil | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 20-Mar-2011 11:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2011 02:16 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2013 08:23 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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