08 November 2023 France PIX: German Heeresflieger Tiger combat helicopter hit power lines, seriously damaged...

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08 November 2023 France PIX: German Heeresflieger Tiger combat helicopter hit power lines, seriously damaged...

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...see
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/347710
for the post-mishap pictures...
Date: Wednesday 8 November 2023
Time: c 16:00 LT
Type: Eurocopter Tiger UHT (EC 665)
Owner/operator: Heeresflieger
Registration: 74+..
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location: SE of Viens, Vaucluse - France

Narrative:
A German Army Aviation Corps (Heeresflieger) Eurocopter Tiger UHT (EC 665),
operated by the Deutsch/Französisches Heeresfliegerausbildungszentrum Tiger (D/F HFAZT),
was carrying out training manoeuvres
when it struck a high voltage line southeast of Viens, Vaucluse,

and subsequently came down in a field near motorway D155.

Both occupants were uninjured and the helicopter received substantial damage.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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