ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56042
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| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 154833 |
| MSN: | 2440 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Off the coast of East Africa -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Marine Corps on Monday called off its search for four Marines lost at sea in the crash of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in the Persian Gulf. The Marines were identified only as a helicopter pilot stationed at Tustin and three infantrymen from Camp Pendleton.
Fourteen other Marines, 11 from Camp Pendleton and the three other flight crew members from the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, survived the crash of the transport helicopter.
Sources:
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-31/news/mn-341_1_camp-pendleton
- JF Baugher
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/30/US-chopper-crash-kills-four-servicemen/1254701931600/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 08:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2014 19:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Country, Source] |
| 20-Jul-2022 18:20 | Jimmy Jarhead | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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