ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121182
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| Date: | Saturday 19 March 2011 |
| Time: | 06:47 LT |
| Type: |  PZL-Swidnik W-3AS Sokól |
| Owner/operator: | Korea Forest Service |
| Registration: | HL9449 |
| MSN: | 37.08.14 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seosan, 277 km S of Seoul -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A forestry helicopter crashed into a reservoir Saturday, leaving one crew member dead while two others were rescued, authorities said.
The Korea Forest Service (KFS) chopper carrying three crew members crashed into a reservoir in Seosan, some 277 kilometers south of Seoul, at 6:47 a.m., a few minutes after taking off for an extinguishing operation in the nearby Mt. Gaya region, they said. It had been dispatched to dump water on a wildfire.
Sources:
1. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/03/113_83437.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2011 06:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Mar-2011 09:09 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 21-Mar-2011 01:06 | Blackhawk | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Mar-2011 04:18 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2011 13:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-May-2011 03:47 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2013 07:30 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2021 19:31 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 12-Nov-2022 01:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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