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take-off from Juhu during a
coastal surveillance mission and
made a very hard emergency
landing at 1448hrs on an uneven,
rocky area near Alibaug, 6nm
north of Murud, Nandgaon, in the
Raigad district of Maharashtra.
The helicopter’s undercarriage
collapsed, resulting in damage to
the underside of the fuselage and
tail rotor. All four crew members
were rescued and flown back to
the Naval Hospital INHS Asvini at
Mumbai. The co-pilot had been
struck by one of the main rotors
on exiting the helicopter and died
from her injuries 17 days later.
The Chetak had been en route
to the Mumbai High North Field,
where it had been scheduled
to land at around 1100hrs.
D: Mar 11
N: Unknown
T: Unidentified UAV
This UAV was destroyed by Russian
defence forces as it approached
Hmeymim air base, Syria.
D: Mar 14
N: Senegalese Air Force
T: Mi-17-1V
S: 6W-HTA
Eight of the 20 on board this
helicopter were killed and
another 13 injured, three of
them seriously, when it crashed
into a mangrove swamp while
attempting an emergency landing
near Missirah due to a technical
problem. It had been en route
from Ziguinchor in the Casamance
region to Dakar Airport.
D: Mar 14
N/U: US Navy/VFA-213
T: F/A-18F Super Hornet
S: 166683 ‘AJ-200’
While on final approach to Boca
Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key
West, Florida, the aircraft crashed
into the ocean at approximately
1630hrs EDT. Eyewitnesses
said the Super Hornet caught
fire before both crew members
ejected – neither survived.
D: Mar 15
N/U: USAF/Alaska ANG/176th
Wing/21st RQS
T: HH-60G Pave Hawk
At approximately 1845hrs GMT,
this helicopter crashed 18 miles
(29km) southeast of al-Qaim in
western Anbar Province, Iraq,
killing all seven personnel on
board. US officials said the
crash did not appear to be the
result of enemy activity and it
may have struck a power line
shortly after take-off from the US
logistics base and supply hub at
al-Qaim for a routine transport
mission between Iraq and Syria.D: Mar 15
N: USAF/433rd AW
T: C-5M Super Galaxy
This aircraft was forced to make
an emergency landing at Joint
Base San Antonio-Lackland,
Texas, with the nose undercarriage
retracted, following a nose gear
malfunction while returning tobase after a training flight. None
of the 11 crew members were
injured. The aircraft came to rest
on its nose after skidding about
three-quarters of the way down
the 11,500ft (3,505m) runway.
Damage to the aircraft is being
assessed. Although this is the
first incident of this kind for the
wing, in July last year Air Mobility
Command ordered a fleet-wide
maintenance review of its 56
Galaxies after two undercarriage
malfunctions. This was preceded
a day earlier by a temporary
grounding of the 18 C-5s based atDover Air Force Base, Delaware,
following two nose undercarriage
malfunctions of its aircraft within
a 60-day period, both at Naval
Station Rota, Spain. The ball-
screw drive assembly was found
to have caused problems with
nose undercarriage extension
and retraction. All of these
components have since been
replaced fleet-wide, including
those on the aircraft involved
in the latest incident, but
initial investigation suggests
this is an isolated event.D: Mar 18
N: Syrian Arab Air Force
T: MiG-29
This aircraft was shot down by
Tahrir al-Sham militants while
carrying out a ground attack
mission from Sayqal air base. The
aircraft was hit over the Eastern
Qalamoun mountains, east of
Damascus Province, and an online
video shows it catching fire before
coming down vertically in territory
controlled by Syrian government
forces. The pilot is reported to have
ejected, but his fate is unconfirmed.D: Mar 19
N/U: Nigerian Air Force/401
Flying Training School
T: DA40NG
S: NAF-214
The student pilot reported an
emergency during a solo training
flight from Kaduna and was
unable to get back to base,
making a forced landing at
Kauran Dawa village, Saminaka
Local Government Area, Kaduna
State. The aircraft’s nosewheel
collapsed as it came down on
rough ground, damaging the
underside of the nose. The student
escaped with minor injuries.D: Mar 19
N: Syrian Arab Air Force
T: Unidentified UAV
This UAV, possibly of Iranian
origin, painted in an overall blue
colour scheme and carrying a
camera turret under the fuselage,
was shot down by Jaish al-Islam
rebels on the Rayhan front, east
of Duma, in eastern Damascus.D: Mar 20
N/U: Royal Air Force/Red
Arrows
T: Hawk T1
S: XX204 ‘Red 3’
This aircraft encountered a
problem shortly after taking offDA40NG NAF-214 after
making a forced landing
at Kauran Dawa village.The wreckage of
G120A-K KAF-720
following its crash at
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