Helicopter was involved in evacuating people in a humanitarian emergency situation in northern Iraq. Crashed – killing the pilot (reported as “Majed”) – possibly due to overloading. Those on board included
Australian photographer Adam Ferguson, freelancing for the New York Times
Photographer Moises Saman, on assignment for TIME – see story
One of the (apparently two) Mi-17s involved in this work was YI-403 (see video here). The ITV reporter quotes one flight of the Mi-17 taking as many as 50 (yes, fifty) refugees on board, desperate to escape their dire situation (see TIME video for typical flight)
Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff for the president of the Kurdistan region, attributed the crash to an accidental loss of control by the pilot when the aircraft hit a boulder as it was lifting off.
Crashed on the edge of a sugar cane field killing pilot Kenneth E. Squires, age 60. Five years ago age 55 the pilot was quoting himself as having flown 19,000 hours
Crashed into mountain during a thunderstorm killing pilot Domenico Praiale (55) and passenger Sara Piredda Piras (29). Local reports suggest poor visibility due to fog and clouds. Helicopter was original an SA318 Alouette but had been extensively modified and was classed as a homebuild
Firefighting reconnaissance flight from Fassinoro. Helicopter encountered difficulties and emergency landing procedure made – but hit a low level cable shortly prior to intended landing point. One killed in crash, second died during recovery operation. Third and last occupant flown to hospital.
A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission crashed, reportedly due to a technical fault – although some reports suggest the involvement of insurgents in Borno State.
Initial reports stated one dead, one survived, one missing presumed dead – but the latter trekked through the bush and back to base
Firefighting helicopter crashed in built-up area killing all five on board – video online shows helicopter descending at high speed in 70 degree nose-down attitude. Aircraft identified from this photo showing a Dauphin tail with GW001 code and this photo tracking it to HL9461
Night EMS flight flying from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe to Tucumcari. All three on board killed. No patient being carried at the time
Five military trainees killed and one seriously injured. The helicopter was one of 12 helicopters Cambodia bought from China last year to boost its military capacity.
Tail boom (or rotor?) hit wires on take-off, causing crash. Tail some metres from rest of wreckage, but unclear if that was contributory or result of accident. Aircraft had been leased by Lukoil and had just dropped off oil workers. Pilot Nicholas Vandakurov killed.
Military helicotpter on parachute training flight came down killing 16 and injuring a further 5. 2 of the 5 succumbed to their injuries in hospital within 48 hours, taking the toll up to 18
Details not yet known, but helicopter crashed killing all four POB including pilot A.I. Goncharenko, businessman Samvel Elugyan plus his 22-year-old daughter Alina Elugyan and 13-year-old son Eugene Elugyan. Post crash fire
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence
Crashed in mountainous area at 2000m agl, landing very heavily and killing one of the 3 on board. Taking part in the exercise “Schutz 2014”
NOTE – this is wrongly quoted elsewhere as 3C-OD but has been confirmed to HeliHub.com by Austrian military authorities that the subject helicopter was 3C-OG
The aircraft departed from a camping area on an island of the Araguaia River at 1.30am, destined for a helipad in the town of Aruanã. Soon after getting airborne, at a distance of approximately 700m from the point of origin, while still on the departure axis, the aircraft crashed into the ground, killing all five on board including ex Brazilian World Cup player Fernandão
At least 16 people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said
Pilot killed during loadlifting training operations – named here as Thomas Moore. Post crash fire. Ground crew seriously burned in attempts to rescue pilot
An ISAF service member died as a result of a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. One report states the Chinook contacted a telecoms tower when taking off at night.
Contacted powerlines and crashed, killing sole occupant pilot. Post crash fire. Helicopter apparently Swiss registered judging by flag on tail in this image Based on the colour scheme it could be one of HB-ZJK (12182), HB-ZPE (12862), HB-ZSA (10365), HB-ZSC (13426) – although it is also possible that an R44 previously flown in Switzerland (and may thus still have the flag on the tail) could be possible, which would also bring in CN-HAG (10859), owned in Morocco and previously flown in Switzerland as HB-ZGW
County fire spokesman said the helicopter apparently clipped and downed power lines before crashing. A brush fire broke out that burned less than an acre before it was put out. Fatal injuries to sole occupant pilot – named here as Philip Margolis
After landing, the pilot exited the running helicopter; shortly thereafter the helicopter became airborne without the pilot at the flight controls. The helicopter subsequently impacted the ground and rolled over. The pilot was struck by one or more of the main rotor blades and was fatally injured.
During cattle spotting operations, the helicopter impacted trees and collided with terrain, coming to rest inverted. The helicopter was substantially damaged and the pilot was fatally injured – named here as Michael Wills
Offshore rig support helicopter operated by Volta River Aviation, working for Lukoil. 8 POB. Four deceased (one named as Samuel Sambo and another as Walter Agbetimevor), and four rescued. Helicopter appears to have broken up, given image in this story. Helicopter was en route from Takoradi to the Jack Ryan drillship. Registration confirmed as TU-HAA in this article and MSN confirmed from French accident data
Sole occupant pilot killed in accident – later named as Дмитрий Комиссаров (Dmitry Komissarov), 49-year old general director of Завод железобетонных изделий (Concrete Products Plant). Completely destroyed – See photo
Lynx was one of two taking part in air-to-ground gunnery training when it was lost with all on board – named (eg. here) as Capt Thomas Clarke, WO2 Spencer Faulkner and Cpl James Walters of the Army Air Corps died alongside Flt Lt Rakesh Chauhan of the Royal Air Force and L/Cpl Oliver Thomas of the Intelligence Corps.
Crashed on route from Gumare to Maun, killing all 3 POB. Named by the Botswana Government here as Superintendent Keokeditswe Sobatha of Molepolole, Assistant Superintendent Shepherd Ntobedzi of Kalakamati and Inspector Ricardo Mabotho of Lekgolobotlo
Failed to gain height on flight to Windhoek. Four killed in accident of 10 POB, fifth died shortly after in hospital according to Facebook page of local press Informanté
Passenger killed in accident at forestry site with helicopter being used for delivering supplies and equipment from one site to another. Pilot has minor injuries. Fatality named as Donald Carlton Kain, 53, a forestry supervisor
Military SAR helicopter crashed into the water off the Canary Islands at 2155 CET on night training flight. One rescued, four later confirmed dead when the helicopter was located under water.
KOMO News helicopter down in Broad Street in Seattle, more updates shortly. Seattle Police confirm at least two fatalities – named in this article as pilot Gary Pfitzner and KOMO photographer Bill Strothman. The helicopter was being used in a joint partnership between KOMO and KING 5 according to this KING 5 report
4 fatalities reported in a helicopter crash at Gillingham near Beccles, Suffolk UK around 7.30pm. Low visibility due to fog reported. Helicopter had just taken off from Gillingham Hall bound for Northern Ireland. Press report indicates that the fatalities included owner Edward Haughey
Came down into trees shortly after take off, remaining impaled ten feet up a mango treee and killing radio announcer David Diaz. The other three occupants were all injured – pilot Raúl Arévalo Contreras, Swiss journalist Dominic Niels and cameraman from Channel 12, Jonathan Perdomo. The four were involved in filming and following a cycle race. See video of accident
Crashed into the Baltic Sea on a training exercise – The helicopter was on approach to a sea rescue cruiser at about 18:40 local time for a winch operation when suddenly loosing height and crashing into the sea, killing 3 of the 4 POB
Crashed into a forest area killing both on board. There is some local controversy as the helicopter had reportedly been rebuilt after a fatal accident in 2007 and local law does not allow an aircraft which has been “written off” to be rebuilt in any way. Some close-up photos at the accident scene of various parts here
Officials believe the helicopter had just taken off when it hit trees close to the Wakulla County Airport’s runway. The helicopter then cut nearby power lines, and came to rest in a marshy area. 53-year-old Curtis Robert Clifford and 49-year-old Terry Bryan Ooten were found dead, while 45-year-old Sheri Noelle Devore survived
1 of 9 POB killed when helicopter came down on night anti-drug mission. Helicopter had been working with a US Navy MH-60R which was on hand to transport 6 of the injured to hospital.
Crashed from low level during powerline survey work for Holy Cross Energy. All 3 POB fatally injured, including Doug Sheffer, owner and chief pilot of DBS Helicopters (from this page). The others were named here as Larry Shaffer and Christopher Gaskill
Militants claim that an Egyptian Air Force helicopter has crashed with five fatalities. The nearest we have managed to get to photo evidence of this accident is this press photo which claims to be a funeral of one of those in the helicopter
Training flight, killing student Lieutenant Paolo Tozzi and General Feltrinelli Calligaris, head of Italian Army Aviation [named here]. Powerline reported down and press suggesting that was the cause.
Helicopter crashed and burnt out. It appears that owner/pilot Christian Malila Ndou jumped out prior to impact as his body was found 30m away from the crash site. South African registered R44 may have been ZS-RYB (10918) but this is not yet proven
Crashed killing all five occupants – military personnel flying in a civilian helicopter. Former president quoted here said that crash caused by FARC terrorists
Crashed into the ocean. Four of five POB rescued, but two of the four later died, named as pilot Lt. Wesley Van Dorn and Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Brian Collins. Search for fifth person – pilot Lt. Sean Christopher Snyder – was later abandoned
Lakenheath-based Pave Hawk helicopter crashed during a night low-level training exercise due to a multiple bird strike, killing all four on board – named as Capt Christopher S. Stover, Capt Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.. The helicopter went down between a beach car park at Cley and Eastbank, near Salthouse. See official report here
One killed and four seriously injured in crash outside a hospital building. Judging by photos on Twitter such as this one and this one, it would appear that the helicopter struck wires, which brought it down. Fatality named here as Arif Setiawan and the other four were pilot Budi Indra and hospital employees Nilawaty Ginting, Yahya Sembiring, and Torang Simanjorang.
Four suspected died, of which one body found, when helicopter crashed into a river. The occupants was Chinese billionaire Lam Kok, his son, an interpreter plus the pilot who had just sold his vineyard to Mr Kok
US military keep quiet on details of what happened in this accident, which killed six of the seven on board a Black Hawk. Fatalities reported by NBC here as
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy L. Billings, 34, of Heavener, Okla.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua B. Silverman, 35, of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Sgt. Peter C. Bohler, 29, of Willow Spring, N.C.
Sgt. 1st Class Omar W. Forde, 28, of Marietta, Ga.
Spc. Terry K.D. Gordon, 22, of Shubuta, Miss.
Staff Sgt. Jesse L. Williams, 30, of Elkhart, Ind.
Hit high voltage line and crashed on post-maintenance test flight accident, killing all four on board. The identities of the fatalities were given as as Pilot Major Ahmet Duman, Lt. Pilot Emre Acar, and aircraft technicians and first sergeants Erdinç Salkım and Hüseyin Ulucan
A Hughes 500 helicopter flying between the Greenstone Valley and Dumpling Hut crashed at Glade Burn in steep and rugged terrain in poor weather. Police confirmed that sole occupant pilot Bruce Andrews died in the accident
Helicopter was involved in evacuating people in a humanitarian emergency situation in northern Iraq. Crashed – killing the pilot (reported as “Majed”) – possibly due to overloading. Those on board included Yazidi member of parliament, Vian Dakheel New York Times reporter Alissa Rubin – see story Australian photographer Adam Ferguson, freelancing for the New York… Read more »
Crashed on the edge of a sugar cane field killing pilot Kenneth E. Squires, age 60. Five years ago age 55 the pilot was quoting himself as having flown 19,000 hours
Crashed into mountain during a thunderstorm killing pilot Domenico Praiale (55) and passenger Sara Piredda Piras (29). Local reports suggest poor visibility due to fog and clouds. Helicopter was original an SA318 Alouette but had been extensively modified and was classed as a homebuild
Firefighting reconnaissance flight from Fassinoro. Helicopter encountered difficulties and emergency landing procedure made – but hit a low level cable shortly prior to intended landing point. One killed in crash, second died during recovery operation. Third and last occupant flown to hospital.
A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission crashed, reportedly due to a technical fault – although some reports suggest the involvement of insurgents in Borno State. Initial reports stated one dead, one survived, one missing presumed dead – but the latter trekked through the bush and back to base
Firefighting helicopter crashed in built-up area killing all five on board – video online shows helicopter descending at high speed in 70 degree nose-down attitude. Aircraft identified from this photo showing a Dauphin tail with GW001 code and this photo tracking it to HL9461
Night EMS flight flying from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe to Tucumcari. All three on board killed. No patient being carried at the time
Five military trainees killed and one seriously injured. The helicopter was one of 12 helicopters Cambodia bought from China last year to boost its military capacity.
Tail boom (or rotor?) hit wires on take-off, causing crash. Tail some metres from rest of wreckage, but unclear if that was contributory or result of accident. Aircraft had been leased by Lukoil and had just dropped off oil workers. Pilot Nicholas Vandakurov killed.
Military helicotpter on parachute training flight came down killing 16 and injuring a further 5. 2 of the 5 succumbed to their injuries in hospital within 48 hours, taking the toll up to 18
Details not yet known, but helicopter crashed killing all four POB including pilot A.I. Goncharenko, businessman Samvel Elugyan plus his 22-year-old daughter Alina Elugyan and 13-year-old son Eugene Elugyan. Post crash fire
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence
Crashed in mountainous area at 2000m agl, landing very heavily and killing one of the 3 on board. Taking part in the exercise “Schutz 2014” NOTE – this is wrongly quoted elsewhere as 3C-OD but has been confirmed to HeliHub.com by Austrian military authorities that the subject helicopter was 3C-OG
The aircraft departed from a camping area on an island of the Araguaia River at 1.30am, destined for a helipad in the town of Aruanã. Soon after getting airborne, at a distance of approximately 700m from the point of origin, while still on the departure axis, the aircraft crashed into the ground, killing all five on… Read more »
At least 16 people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said
Pilot killed during loadlifting training operations – named here as Thomas Moore. Post crash fire. Ground crew seriously burned in attempts to rescue pilot
Crahed into roof of barn. Pilot named in news reports as Gary Oleen, aged 71, critically injured. AirCare helicopter attended per this YouTube clip On 05-Jun-14 this became a fatal accident following the pilot’s death from his injuries as reported here
An ISAF service member died as a result of a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. One report states the Chinook contacted a telecoms tower when taking off at night.
Contacted powerlines and crashed, killing sole occupant pilot. Post crash fire. Helicopter apparently Swiss registered judging by flag on tail in this image Based on the colour scheme it could be one of HB-ZJK (12182), HB-ZPE (12862), HB-ZSA (10365), HB-ZSC (13426) – although it is also possible that an R44 previously flown in Switzerland (and… Read more »
County fire spokesman said the helicopter apparently clipped and downed power lines before crashing. A brush fire broke out that burned less than an acre before it was put out. Fatal injuries to sole occupant pilot – named here as Philip Margolis
After landing, the pilot exited the running helicopter; shortly thereafter the helicopter became airborne without the pilot at the flight controls. The helicopter subsequently impacted the ground and rolled over. The pilot was struck by one or more of the main rotor blades and was fatally injured.
During cattle spotting operations, the helicopter impacted trees and collided with terrain, coming to rest inverted. The helicopter was substantially damaged and the pilot was fatally injured – named here as Michael Wills
Offshore rig support helicopter operated by Volta River Aviation, working for Lukoil. 8 POB. Four deceased (one named as Samuel Sambo and another as Walter Agbetimevor), and four rescued. Helicopter appears to have broken up, given image in this story. Helicopter was en route from Takoradi to the Jack Ryan drillship. Registration confirmed as TU-HAA in… Read more »
Sole occupant pilot killed in accident – later named as Дмитрий Комиссаров (Dmitry Komissarov), 49-year old general director of Завод железобетонных изделий (Concrete Products Plant). Completely destroyed – See photo
Lynx was one of two taking part in air-to-ground gunnery training when it was lost with all on board – named (eg. here) as Capt Thomas Clarke, WO2 Spencer Faulkner and Cpl James Walters of the Army Air Corps died alongside Flt Lt Rakesh Chauhan of the Royal Air Force and L/Cpl Oliver Thomas of… Read more »
Crashed on route from Gumare to Maun, killing all 3 POB. Named by the Botswana Government here as Superintendent Keokeditswe Sobatha of Molepolole, Assistant Superintendent Shepherd Ntobedzi of Kalakamati and Inspector Ricardo Mabotho of Lekgolobotlo
Failed to gain height on flight to Windhoek. Four killed in accident of 10 POB, fifth died shortly after in hospital according to Facebook page of local press Informanté
Passenger killed in accident at forestry site with helicopter being used for delivering supplies and equipment from one site to another. Pilot has minor injuries. Fatality named as Donald Carlton Kain, 53, a forestry supervisor
Military SAR helicopter crashed into the water off the Canary Islands at 2155 CET on night training flight. One rescued, four later confirmed dead when the helicopter was located under water.
KOMO News helicopter down in Broad Street in Seattle, more updates shortly. Seattle Police confirm at least two fatalities – named in this article as pilot Gary Pfitzner and KOMO photographer Bill Strothman. The helicopter was being used in a joint partnership between KOMO and KING 5 according to this KING 5 report
4 fatalities reported in a helicopter crash at Gillingham near Beccles, Suffolk UK around 7.30pm. Low visibility due to fog reported. Helicopter had just taken off from Gillingham Hall bound for Northern Ireland. Press report indicates that the fatalities included owner Edward Haughey
Came down into trees shortly after take off, remaining impaled ten feet up a mango treee and killing radio announcer David Diaz. The other three occupants were all injured – pilot Raúl Arévalo Contreras, Swiss journalist Dominic Niels and cameraman from Channel 12, Jonathan Perdomo. The four were involved in filming and following a cycle race. See… Read more »
Crashed into the Baltic Sea on a training exercise – The helicopter was on approach to a sea rescue cruiser at about 18:40 local time for a winch operation when suddenly loosing height and crashing into the sea, killing 3 of the 4 POB
Crashed into a forest area killing both on board. There is some local controversy as the helicopter had reportedly been rebuilt after a fatal accident in 2007 and local law does not allow an aircraft which has been “written off” to be rebuilt in any way. Some close-up photos at the accident scene of various… Read more »
Officials believe the helicopter had just taken off when it hit trees close to the Wakulla County Airport’s runway. The helicopter then cut nearby power lines, and came to rest in a marshy area. 53-year-old Curtis Robert Clifford and 49-year-old Terry Bryan Ooten were found dead, while 45-year-old Sheri Noelle Devore survived
1 of 9 POB killed when helicopter came down on night anti-drug mission. Helicopter had been working with a US Navy MH-60R which was on hand to transport 6 of the injured to hospital.
Crashed from low level during powerline survey work for Holy Cross Energy. All 3 POB fatally injured, including Doug Sheffer, owner and chief pilot of DBS Helicopters (from this page). The others were named here as Larry Shaffer and Christopher Gaskill
Militants claim that an Egyptian Air Force helicopter has crashed with five fatalities. The nearest we have managed to get to photo evidence of this accident is this press photo which claims to be a funeral of one of those in the helicopter
Training flight, killing student Lieutenant Paolo Tozzi and General Feltrinelli Calligaris, head of Italian Army Aviation [named here]. Powerline reported down and press suggesting that was the cause.
Helicopter crashed and burnt out. It appears that owner/pilot Christian Malila Ndou jumped out prior to impact as his body was found 30m away from the crash site. South African registered R44 may have been ZS-RYB (10918) but this is not yet proven
Crashed killing all five occupants – military personnel flying in a civilian helicopter. Former president quoted here said that crash caused by FARC terrorists
Crashed into the ocean. Four of five POB rescued, but two of the four later died, named as pilot Lt. Wesley Van Dorn and Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Brian Collins. Search for fifth person – pilot Lt. Sean Christopher Snyder – was later abandoned
Lakenheath-based Pave Hawk helicopter crashed during a night low-level training exercise due to a multiple bird strike, killing all four on board – named as Capt Christopher S. Stover, Capt Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.. The helicopter went down between a beach car park at Cley… Read more »
One killed and four seriously injured in crash outside a hospital building. Judging by photos on Twitter such as this one and this one, it would appear that the helicopter struck wires, which brought it down. Fatality named here as Arif Setiawan and the other four were pilot Budi Indra and hospital employees Nilawaty Ginting, Yahya Sembiring, and… Read more »
Four suspected died, of which one body found, when helicopter crashed into a river. The occupants was Chinese billionaire Lam Kok, his son, an interpreter plus the pilot who had just sold his vineyard to Mr Kok
US military keep quiet on details of what happened in this accident, which killed six of the seven on board a Black Hawk. Fatalities reported by NBC here as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randy L. Billings, 34, of Heavener, Okla. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua B. Silverman, 35, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Sgt. Peter C. Bohler,… Read more »
Hit high voltage line and crashed on post-maintenance test flight accident, killing all four on board. The identities of the fatalities were given as as Pilot Major Ahmet Duman, Lt. Pilot Emre Acar, and aircraft technicians and first sergeants Erdinç Salkım and Hüseyin Ulucan
A Hughes 500 helicopter flying between the Greenstone Valley and Dumpling Hut crashed at Glade Burn in steep and rugged terrain in poor weather. Police confirmed that sole occupant pilot Bruce Andrews died in the accident
