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On 6 November 1986, a Boeing-Vertol Model 234LR Chinook helicopter returning workers from the Brent oilfield crashed on approach to land at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. At 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from the runway the helicopter had a catastrophic forward transmission failure which caused the tandem rotor blades to collide. The helicopter ...
1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash This page was last edited on 11 June 2024, at 21:02 (UTC). Text is ...
Chinook helicopter crash may refer to: the 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash in Shetland, killing oil workers; the 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash, killing British intelligence officers; the 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan, killing American special forces
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The pilot of a helicopter that was responding to a small wildfire in central Idaho before crashing in the Sawtooth National Forest survived and was able to hike to a waiting ambulance, officials said.
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
The Chinook became famous for the singer’s image and Richie himself met with past crew members. “This is incredible,” Richie said in a 2012 CBS story when he saw the aircraft in person. “I ...
On 2 June 1994, a Chinook helicopter of the Royal Air Force (RAF), serial number ZD576, crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, in foggy conditions. The crash resulted in the deaths of all twenty-five passengers and four crew on board. Among the passengers were almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts. The ...