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Java Helicopter Crash


Pictured: A MBB BO-105CB-4
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Contact photographer Joop De Groot

What: Indonesia’s SAR (search and rescue) Bolkow NBO 105CB helicopter on a training mission
Where: off Semarang, Java at sea
When: Nov 19 2009 10:15 am
Who: 5 aboard
Why: While en route, the search and rescue helicopter crashed from 5 meters into the sea. The pilot, co-pilot and three instructors were taken to the hospital with injuries.

It is suspected that the helicopter was flying too low and tipped the surface of the ocean.

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