ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72547
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| Date: | Friday 18 January 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1N Twin Huey |
| Owner/operator: | Policía Nacional de Colombia (PNC) |
| Registration: | PNC-5008 |
| MSN: | 32035 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southern Colombia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Came under machine-gun fire from FARC during anti-drug mission. Emergency landing due hydraulic failure. Crew evacuated by a Black Hawk. Five PNC officiers killed in a battle with FARC after dropped to protect the helicopter. The helicopter was finally bombed by a FAC airplane a few days later after other repair and salvation attempts failed.
Sources:
Scramble 369
https://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/Canada-CH-135/
AFM March 2002, p73
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2010 00:26 | harro | Added |
| 12-Jun-2011 10:40 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source] |
| 08-Oct-2018 16:02 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2019 13:08 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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