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Date: | Saturday 4 October 1997 |
Time: | 14:56 |
Type: | Sikorsky S-76A |
Owner/operator: | Zhuhai Helicopters |
Registration: | B-7301 |
MSN: | 760173 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Dongtou District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Offshore |
Departure airport: | Wenzhou |
Destination airport: | Nanhai 6 oil platform |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:While flying through fog, the helicopter suffered power outage, after which the crew lost control owing to instrument failure and the lack of external visual reference. The Sikorsky S-76A plummeted into the sea, killing the seven people on board.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001208X08989&key=1 https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20220905A039RC00 Flight International 15-21 April 1998
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Jun-2010 11:54 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
13-Jun-2010 12:07 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
09-Feb-2013 10:50 |
TB |
Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2023 05:09 |
RDV |
Updated |
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