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Date: | Wednesday 1 March 2023 |
Time: | c. 09:28 |
Type: | Aerospatiale SE3130 Alouette II |
Owner/operator: | Philippine Adventist Medical Aviation Services |
Registration: | N45VX |
MSN: | 1229 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Lumbucan Island -
Philippines
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Departure airport: | Barangay Mangsee, Balabac |
Destination airport: | Brooke's Point |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Alouette II ambulance helicopter with 5 occupants went missing during a flight from Barangay Mangsee, Balabac, Philippines.
The helicopter departed around 07:30 local time after picking up a patient suffering from abdominal pain and two companions.
It was expected to arrive around 10:30 at the Southern Palawan Provincial Hospital in Brooke's Point.
in Palawan.
Authorities found suspected debris from the missing helicopter on March 2, near its last known location.
No survivors were found. Fatality index is presumed.
Sources:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/01/23/palawan-bound-helicopter-with-5-passengers-missing-caap https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/03/23/possible-debris-of-missing-palawan-bound-chopper-found https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=45VX ex.Swiss AF/V-45, HB-XBK, Swiss AF/V-45, F-GJEG, D-WQAV.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 July 2012 |
N45VX |
Priority Farms |
0 |
Glenn, California |
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Loss of control |
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