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Date: | Tuesday 24 April 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Fort Hood, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two helicopters collided, crashed and burnt during exercise encountering a rainstorm. **Seven killed and six others injured.
Sources:
El Tiempo 26 April 1973, p10A
**New Straits Times 26 April 1973, p4
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Apr-2015 16:09 |
TB |
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08-Apr-2015 16:12 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
03-Feb-2019 11:01 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |