ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30774
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| Date: | Thursday 28 January 1999 |
| Time: | 21:30 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8S |
| Owner/operator: | Hummingbird Island Airways |
| Registration: | LZ-CAK |
| MSN: | 10316 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Rangali, Alifu Dhaalu Atoll -
 Maldives
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rangali Helipad |
| Male’ International Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot turned back upon hearing a loud noise shortly after takeoff from a hotel, but suffered a loss of power and ditched, rolled over and sank.
The deceased were four tourists - two Italians, a Japanese and a Greek - and the Maldivian pilot, said the company, Hummingbird Island Airways.
CAUSES
1. The loss of engine oil from the LHS engine meant that the engine lost all its lubrication oil and the engine failed due to over heating and causing the combustion chamber to rupture.
2. By the time the captain realised that there was an engine failure the helicopter was on its base leg and reduced altitude which meant that by then the helicopter could not make a single engine approach to the helipad or go into auto rotation. Therefore the helicopter could not maintain altitude and crashed into the water.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000
2. https://russianplanes.net/REGINFO/13986
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=tourist-helicopter-crashes-near-maldives-killing-five-1999-01-28
3. REPORT OF THE ACCIDENT TO MIL HELICOPTER MIL8-P NEAR FESDHOO, ARI ATOLL ON 8TH JANUARY 1999, available on the ICAO E-Library, released by the Maldives ACC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2011 16:01 | krasatpi | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2011 14:15 | krasatpi | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source] |
| 05-Mar-2011 11:29 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 30-Mar-2014 18:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2020 07:14 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2022 07:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Date] |
| 03-Jun-2022 07:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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