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Chinook HC1 ZA672 hit a pier at Hannover Airport while taxiing into position in a confined space. Its front rotor struck the underside of Pier 10, causing the helicopter to rear up vertically and then fall on its side. A fire started at the rear of the fuselage and soon spread.
Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC.1 ZA672 hits a pier at Hanover Airport while taxiing and was destroyed, Three crew killed. [239] 13 May A USAF RF-4C Phantom II assigned to Bergstrom Air Force Base crashed northwest of Winslow, Arizona during a routine training mission from Davis-Montham AFB to Nellis AFB, killing both pilots. [240] 11 June
On 13 May 1986 ZA715 a Boeing Chinook HC1 of No. 1310 Flight flew into high ground in the Falkland Islands during a snowstorm, three killed including one Gurkha passenger. [50] On 5 November 1986 XS518 a Westland Wessex HC5 of 84 Squadron flew into the sea at Limassol Bay, Cyprus, and sank.
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and ...
1988 – Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC.1 ZA672 hit a pier at Hanover Airport while taxiing and was destroyed, 3 crew killed. 1988 – Sikorsky CH-53D Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 46 crashed into South China Sea killing all 17 on board. 1983 – Death of Harris George "Clem" Clements, British WWI flying ace
Bravo November is the original identification code painted on a British Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC6A military serial number ZA718. It was one of the original 30 aircraft ordered by the RAF in 1978 and has been in service ever since. It has been upgraded several times in its history, now being designated as an HC6A airframe.
This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
The squadron was reformed on 4 August 1981, becoming the first RAF squadron to fly the Boeing Chinook HC.1. [51] [47] [52] 18 Squadron was the only Chinook squadron that took part in Operation Corporate during the Falklands War in 1982 with four detached and sent south.