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Aerospatiale SA365N crash near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fatal2011-01-074 fatalities
Summary

A Saudi Medical Services Aerospatiale SA365N Dauphin 2 (HZ-MS16, manufactured 1986) crashed approximately 35km south of Riyadh while en route from Oery to Hawtah Bani Tamim to pick up a patient. All four on board were killed: pilot Captain Khaled Al-Dakhil, First Lieutenant Mandeel Al-Subaihi, Egyptian doctor Amjad Al-Iraqi, and Filipino nurse Rosella. The helicopter belonged to the Ministry of Defence medical services.

Incident details
Date
2011-01-07
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Registration
HZ-MS16
Operator type
government
Fatalities
4
Injuries
0
Occupants
4
Probable cause
Unknown
Source
Arab News ↗
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Severityfatal
Fatalities4
Injuries0
SourceArab News
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