ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219235
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| Date: | Sunday 9 December 2018 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | helicopter |
| Owner/operator: | Sudanese Government |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Al-Qadarif state -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | El-Qalabe airfield |
| Al-Qadarif | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Upon landing, the helicopter hit a communications tower and crashed. There are said to be at least seven fatalities and reportendly several injured occupants. The helicopter transported five local Government officials including the State Governor on a security tour and possible two crew.
Sources:
https://www.bruneinews.net/news/258549540/helicopter-crashes-in-eastern-sudan-killing-local-officials
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/12/09/world/africa/09reuters-sudan-airplane-crash.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46499040
https://twitter.com/SudanDefence
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2018 17:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Dec-2018 20:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2018 06:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2018 06:52 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Dec-2018 12:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 11-Dec-2018 16:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
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