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mickjoebill
3rd Mar 2008, 15:02
UN heli down in Nepal, 10 fatalities reported.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/04/2178797.htm


Mickjoebill
MBJ
3rd Mar 2008, 18:42
Bad weather, mountains and helicopters don't go together well, do they? Have you made it back from Argentina yet?
mickjoebill
3rd Mar 2008, 21:32
To keep it cryptic and continue thread creep...
Yes.
19 out of 20 made it back.
Fingers crossed for the "one we left behind" in the hotel and cheers to a Brazilian pilot.


Mickjoebill
206Fan
3rd Mar 2008, 21:58
No idea on the AC type?
mickjoebill
3rd Mar 2008, 22:14
This site reports it was a Mi -17.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080303/100519973.html



Small picture of crash site here.
http://www.topnews.in/un-chopper-crash-nepal-claims-7-lives-223893

BBC report that it was struck by lightning, some eyewitness report that it was on fire as it fell.


Mickjoebill