ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75180
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 June 2010 |
| Time: | c. noon |
| Type: |  PZL-Swidnik Mi-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Tatmadaw Lei (Myanmar Air Force) |
| Registration: | MAF#64?? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pindaya Township, Shan state -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Namsan Air Force Base |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Mil Mi-2 helicopter hit a mountain in bad weather around noon near Pindaya Township, Shan State. Four of the five occupants were killed. Heavy Rain & strong wind in terrain of mountain area weather condition of visibility 0 and dark.
Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a military helicopter crash in central Burma on Wednesday, according to reports. The Russian-made Mil Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the jungle near the town of Pindaya in Shan State due to bad weather, the news agency AFP reported on Thursday, quoting a Burmese government official who spoke anonymously. “Four people on board were killed and one was sent to a nearby hospital,” the official said in the report. There has been no official report of the crash in the Burmese state media. According to a Burmese blog that quoted an air force military officer in Rangoon, one of the dead was a colonel serving as the general staff officer 1 of the Eastern Regional Military Command, based in the Shan State capital of Taunggyi.
In 2001, a military helicopter crash killed the then secretary two of the ruling junta, Lt- Gen Tin Oo, along with several other high-ranking officials. The government has yet to release any information about the cause of the crash.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1563990.php/Myanmar-Air-Force-helicopter-crashes-four-dead]
2. https://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_541795.html
3. https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/mizzima/8771-helicopter-crash-kills-four-air-force-staff.html
http://www2.irrawaddy.com/article.php?art_id=18739
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2010 23:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Jun-2010 03:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2011 14:48 | TB | Updated [Registration, Location, Source] |
| 27-Apr-2016 08:57 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2016 10:18 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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