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| Date: | Tuesday 4 February 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur (Sea Stallion) |
| Owner/operator: | Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force) |
| Registration: | 357 |
| MSN: | 65-350 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 36 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | She'ar Yashuv -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Mid-air collision with Yas'ur 903 in darkness over the remote She'ar Yashuv kibbutz in the Galilee panhandle. Crew Yasis Eden/Ronen Halfon.
Sources:
1. http://myplace.frontier.com/~anneled/IAFinventory.html#helicopters
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2010 03:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2010 11:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2010 12:03 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Aug-2010 10:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 23-Mar-2011 11:22 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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