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Aircraft sank in about 260 feet of water (80 m). Pilot ejected safely and was recovered by Hkp 10 SAR helicopter. The accident was caused by a design flaw in the aircraft's control system, rendering it in a stalled mode after passing another aircraft's vortex. This was the first loss of a Gripen since the type became operational. [261] [262] 22 ...
Accident date Location News org. Description F I Official cause 2022-11-22 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States : WBTV: The Robinson R44 helicopter went into rapid descent and crashed in a grassy area adjacent to a southbound intersectional lane of I-77, as the pilot was conducting a news-gathering training simulation accompanied by a WBTV staff meteorologist.
A Navy photo of the pilot descending under his canopy is carried by Associated Press wirephoto on 23 January. He is not injured. [210] 22 January Two Consolidated RB-24E Liberators of B-24 replacement training units 355th Bomb Squadron, 302d Bomb Group, Langley Field, Virginia, collide on a local flight.
USMC Major General Edwin B. Wheeler, members of his staff, and Colonel Edward A. Wilcox (1st Marines), on an inspection of a search and destroy operation, were involved in a helicopter crash on approach to a jungle landing zone ~15 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. Wheeler suffered a broken leg. [10] 28 April
1950 First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash. [1]5 January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, [2] c/n 15741 [3] of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew.
A helicopter of the Tunisian Armed Forces crashed in the Mediterranean Sea near Bizerte. All four crew members were killed in the crash. [244] 13 June On 13 June 2023, a MH-47 Chinook helicopter was involved in an accident in northeastern Syria resulted in injuries to 22 U.S. soldiers. The military referred to the incident as a "mishap" and ...
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A third helicopter, a Bell 212, also crashed in the same area on the Sunday following (25 July) . 25 July The aforementioned Bell 212 helicopter crashed close to the Kaeng Krachan reservoir, a few miles further east of the site of the 19 July accident, killing three. [94] [95] 28 July