ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122970
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| Date: | Friday 16 November 2007 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Wild Dog Helicopters |
| Registration: | ZS-REO |
| MSN: | 4171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Approximately 80km from the Alto Cuilo Camp -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Alto Cuilo, Angola | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Late yesterday afternoon (Friday 16 November 2007), two helicopters struck bad weather as they were transporting personnel to the Alto Cuilo Camp. Both helicopters were forced to land. When the weather cleared the helicopters took off again. Shortly thereafter communication between the two helicopters was lost. The first helicopter tried to re-establish communication with the second, and when it was not able to do so, returned to the agreed rendezvous point where they had taken off after the storm. The second helicopter remained there overnight and at daybreak this morning, the search commenced. The wreckage of the second helicopter was located. Tragically, none of the passengers had survived the crash.
Sources:
1. http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bb/investorsMedia/news/2007/fatalHelicopterCrashInAngola.jsp
2. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/300936-accident-angola-friday.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billiton#Accidents
4. https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=af60OwUCJix8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2011 13:55 | gerad57 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2011 06:40 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Jun-2014 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2014 20:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2021 14:28 | Wayne | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
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