ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167815
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 2014 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-171 |
| Owner/operator: | Regiment 91 VPAAF (Vietnam People's Army Air Force) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Village 11 in Thach Hoa Commune, Thach That District -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hoa Lac military airport in Hanoi’s Ba Vi District |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter engaged in a parachute training mission, came down about 15 minutes after take-off in a small village in Thach That district about 40km west of Hanoi.
Sixteen occupants instantly died in the crash, five were injured. Two of the injured later died in the hospital, the other three injured remain in critical condition.
Two died several weeks later in hospital, only one survivor remains.
On July 11, Major-General Nguyen Kim Cach of the Air Defense and Air Force Service, told local media that one of the helicopter's two engines experienced the loss of power shortly after take-off.
Sources:
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1548692/16-killed-vietnamese-military-helicopter-crashes-near-hanoi
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/16-dead-5-injured-in-vietnam-military-chopper-crash-28161.html
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/19-dead-2-injured-in-vietnam-military-chopper-crash-report-28161.html
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/the-survivors-of-the-hanoi-helicopter-crash-remain-in-critical-condition-28355.html
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/military-chopper-crashes-in-hanoi-1.1715308#.U_uitddwbIV
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/hanoi-chopper-crash-death-toll-raises-to-20-30619.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2014 08:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jul-2014 11:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2014 08:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 20:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Sep-2014 05:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2014 12:35 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2020 10:59 | sicak | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Nov-2020 11:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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