ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235632
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| Date: | Friday 1 May 2020 |
| Time: | 11:28 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76B |
| Owner/operator: | Sejin Aviation |
| Registration: | HL9646 |
| MSN: | 760391 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Jiri, Sacheon, Sancheong County -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | ARAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A firefighting / SAR helicopter carrying 5 crew crashed on Mount Jiri, South Korea while hoisting a casualty (a mountain climber who is reported to have suffered a heart attack). A second climber was on the ground below. The five persons sustained minor injuries, the two climbers died.
Sources:
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200501000083
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200501003651315
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=ESSm_1588344623
Media:
Firefighting helicopter with 7 aboard crashes in Korea https://t.co/5zA8ssg5Nu
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) May 1, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2020 05:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-May-2020 05:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 05:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 01-May-2020 06:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 07:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 07:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code] |
| 01-May-2020 07:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Cn] |
| 01-May-2020 07:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 08:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 08:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 09:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 10:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2021 19:40 | harro | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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