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| Date: | Sunday 27 November 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-171 |
| Owner/operator: | Yas Air |
| Registration: | EP-HRB |
| MSN: | 59489617226 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caspian Sea, off Behshahr, Mazandaran province -
 Iran
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Iran Amir Kabir, Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit |
| Neka heliport | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Iran |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed into the sea during an offshore take off on an early morning night-time medevac. All five occupants, a patient (who had suffered a heart attack), a medic and three flight crew members, died in the crash.
The main cause of the accident :
The lack of observance of the rules of night flight by the pilots. Ultimately, they had been disorientated or lacking in situational awareness.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/11/27/495357/iran-chopper-crash-air-abmulance-crash
https://www.rigzone.com/oil/data/offshore-rig-search/rig-profile/398/semisub/north_drilling_company/iran_amir_kabir/_
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2016 10:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Nov-2016 10:56 | azhdar24 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 10:56 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 13:22 | azhdar24 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 16:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 18:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 19:57 | azhdar24 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 19:58 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 20:09 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Destination airport, ] |
| 27-Nov-2016 20:09 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Dec-2016 15:19 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 05-Dec-2016 15:19 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Nov-2017 18:21 | harro | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2023 14:24 | harro | Updated |
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