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Date: Monday 29 May 2017
Time:
Type: Mil Mi-17-1V
Owner/operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
Registration: SMH-589
MSN: 96248
Year of manufacture: 1996
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location: Baddegama, Galle -
Sri Lanka
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature: Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: The helicopter crashed while trying to land during a rescue operation to provide food in a flooded village. There were no fatalities. SMH-589 was withdrawn from use and it was later rebuilt as a training aid/ static display item in 2022.
Sources:
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-air-force-mi-17-helicopter-crashes-no-casualties/ http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Mi-helicopter-force-landed-in-Baddegama-129767.html https://www.gettyimages.fi/detail/uutiskuva/sri-lankan-air-force-soldier-looks-on-beside-the-crash-uutiskuva/690366734 https://www.seithy.com/breifNews.php?newsID=183832&category=EnglishNews&language=english https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/lk#results https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/1691572316087520.pdf
Media:
VIDEO
Revision history:
Date/time Contributor Updates
29-May-2017 06:06
gerard57
Added
30-May-2017 18:00
harro
Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code]
27-Dec-2021 03:21
Ron Averes
Updated [Operator]
31-Dec-2021 13:31
Prometheus
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
11-Jan-2022 17:41
Prometheus
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage]
14-Dec-2023 08:11
Prometheus
Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2024 08:33
Prometheus
Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-Mar-2024 06:54
Prometheus
Updated [Phase, Damage, Narrative]
11-Mar-2024 17:51
Prometheus
Updated [Narrative]
11-Mar-2024 18:20
Prometheus
Updated [Damage]
11-May-2024 06:26
Prometheus
Updated [Damage, Narrative]
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