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Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1989 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
Registration: | 154848 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 22 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | S of Kadena AFB, Okinawa -
Japan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | USS Denver |
Destination airport: | USS Denver |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fourteen Marines were missing and another eight were plucked from the Pacific Ocean minutes after a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed Tuesday 30 May 1989 south of Okinawa during a night training operation, a Marine spokesman said.
Victims were 13 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman.
Sources:
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-05-31/local/me-1078_1_sea-knights-marine-spokesman-marine-officials http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3945834.html www.tulsaworld.com/.../u.../article_b1cdf0d7-ef54-5d87-beea-b5c6fc82908e.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Feb-2013 12:06 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2013 20:06 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location] |
04-Aug-2017 05:58 |
Rodger Asai |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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