ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200648
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| Date: | Friday 27 October 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing MH-47G Chinook |
| Owner/operator: | 4th Bn, 160th SOAR US Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kharwar district, Logar province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
One crew member died and six were injured. “We can confirm the crash was not the result of enemy action,” NATO’s Resolute Support Mission said in a statement. “We have full accountability for all personnel and the crash site has been secured.”
Crew members have been named as from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The aircraft type is TBC.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/10/28/nato-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-logar]
www.1tvnews.af
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/28/asia/afghanistan-chopper-crash/index.html_
https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/us-servicemember-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan-1.494953
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/29/army-identifies-helicopter-pilot-killed-in-afghanistan-crash.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/military/article181579811.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2017 10:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Oct-2017 10:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2017 10:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2017 19:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2017 15:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2018 06:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 10:12 | Anon. | Updated [Phase] |
| 13-Mar-2020 22:20 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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