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Date: | Friday 5 July 2002 |
Time: | 14:15 LT |
Type: | Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King (S-61B) |
Owner/operator: | HC-2 US Navy |
Registration: | 149684 |
MSN: | 61101 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | USS Cushing, Northern Arabian Gulf -
Bahrain
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | USS Cushing |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed on helideck while attempting to land after an apparent tail rotor drive failure. Post crash fire. All 7 POB reported to have survived.
Aircraft coded´HU-744. HC-2, Detachment 2, was based in Bahrain.
Sources:
1. Air Forces Monthly August 2002
2.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/videos/S-61%20Crash.WMV 3.
https://www.navysite.de/dd/dd985.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jan-2010 12:58 |
TB |
Added |
23-Mar-2011 16:42 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
23-Mar-2011 16:44 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
28-Sep-2014 17:02 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Sep-2014 17:07 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Narrative] |
10-Feb-2020 17:33 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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