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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 27 February 1987 ZA721 a Boeing Chinook HC1 of 78 Squadron dived into the ground during a test flight four miles south east Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, seven killed. [52] 1988. On 22 January 1988, XX243 a Hawk from the Red Arrows crashed whilst performing a 'roll-back' at 300 feet (91 m)) at RAF Scampton. The pilot did not eject and ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing Chinook" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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
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 ...
HC1, HC-1 or HC.1 may refer to: Helicopter ... Boeing Chinook HC.1, operated by the Royal Air Force; Aérospatiale-Westland Puma HC.1, ...
March 22nd 2021 (-2025 five year) UK Strategic Defence Review states that 9 Chinook helo's are to be withdrawn (along will all 20 Puma HC2's, to be replaced with: "a new single variant Medium Lift...