ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172810
Last updated: 16 January 2020
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| Date: | 08-JAN-2015 |
| Time: | c. 1100 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 212HP AH Mk1 |
| Owner/operator: | British Army Air Corps (AAC) |
| Registration: | ZK067 |
| C/n / msn: | 30835 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Mount Kenya forest, Gathiuru area, Kieni constituency -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nanyuki training school, British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) |
| Nanyuki training school, British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) |
The helicopter made a force landing after reported mechanical problems. Four British servicemen, three men and a woman, were injured in the crash. The helicopter was conducting a routine training flight.
Technicians are expected to arrive on 10 January to repair the helicopter and fly it from the scene.
Sources:
http://africanspotlight.com/2015/01/08/helicopter-crash-lands-mt-kenya-forest/
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Four-injured-as-helicopter-crash-lands-in-Mt-Kenya/-/1056/2582620/-/6ewuxyz/-/index.html
http://www.citizennews.co.ke/mobile/index.php/news/2012/local/item/25539-4-injured-after-army-helicopter-crash-lands.html
https://m.news24.com/africa
https://horizonpost.weebly.com/kenya/british-army-chopper-crash-lands-in-mt-kenya-forest
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=thecounties/article/2000147267/four-escape-narrowly-as-chopper-crash-lands-in-mt-kenya-forest
Images:
Photo of ZK067 courtesy AirHistory.net
Northolt (EGWU / NHT)
6 October 2011; (c) Richard Vandervord
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2015 06:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Jan-2015 08:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2015 09:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2015 12:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2015 13:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2015 19:33 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2015 07:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration] |
| 22-Jan-2015 23:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source] |
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