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1 April – A Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Mk 2 of Bond Offshore Helicopters suffers a mechanical failure and crashes into the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire. All 16 people on board are killed. 3 May – A Mil Mi-17 of the Venezuelan Army crashes in Táchira province. All seventeen people on board are killed.
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A Sikorsky MH-53 Sea Dragon crashes into the Persian Gulf at 2105 hrs., shortly after taking off from the USS Peleliu, 40 miles N of Bahrain. All 6 service members on board were killed. The aircraft was part of squadron HM-15 based out of Naval Air Station Alameda, near San Francisco.
20 December. US Army Puerto Rican National Guard Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota, 07-02069, crashes in inclement weather off the coast of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, during a Counterdrug operation. All three crewmen and three passengers aboard are killed. This is the first incident involving the UH-72 airframe.
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American military tiltrotor aircraft whose history of accidents have provoked concerns about its safety. The aircraft was developed by Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters, which build and support the aircraft. As of November 2023, 16 V-22 Ospreys have been damaged beyond repair in accidents that have killed ...
2007-07-27. Phoenix, Arizona, United States. KNXV-TV and KTVK. Two Eurocopter AS350-B2 news helicopters from local television stations KNXV-TV and KTVK are involved in a mid-air collision and crash while covering a car chase in downtown Phoenix. The crash occurred over Steel Indian School Park.
The helicopter crashed and caught fire in Calabasas, California, near the intersection of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street, as reported by a 9-1-1 emergency call at 9:47 a.m. (17:47 UTC). [21] [28] The crash occurred on the New Millennium Loop Trail [29] on a hillside behind the headquarters of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District ...
A Mali Air Force Mil-Mi 24D helicopter crashed in a residential area in Bamako. 3 crew members died and 6 people on the ground were injured [219] [220] [221] 26 April A Russian Mikoyan Mig-31 crashed and caught fire mid-flight during a training mission and crashed into a lake near the village of Rizh-Guba, Murmansk Oblast. Both crew members ...