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Date: | Thursday 14 January 2021 |
Time: | |
Type: | Helicopter |
Owner/operator: | State Border Guard Service |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Yashlyk -
Turkmenistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Turkmen Border Guard helicopter crashed into a high-voltage power transmission tower and crashed. All three occupants died in the crash.
Some reports suggest an AW109 but this is tbc.
Sources:
https://www.rferl.org/a/three-turkmen-border-guards-killed-in-helicopter-crash/31049651.html https://en.turkmen.news/news/helicopter-crash-in-turkmenistan/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Turkmenistan Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2021 13:16 |
gerard57 |
Added |
17-Jan-2021 13:16 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Narrative] |
17-Jan-2021 14:02 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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