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Air Force Events ·Jan 3, 2022 ·🇹🇳 Tunisia

Tunisian Air Force UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" Crash

Event Report

Tunisian Air Force
DateJan. 3, 2022
Country🇹🇳 Tunisia
ForceTunisian Air Force
Location Hicher, Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia
37.28, 9.65
Aircraft UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"
Event type Crash
Change -1 active
Description

A Tunisian Air Force helicopter crashed on 3 January 2022 in the Bizerte governorate while on a routine reconnaissance mission. According to the defence ministry, as reported by Reuters and AFP, the co-pilot died at the scene and the pilot, severely injured, died in a regional hospital in Bizerte. The ministry did not give a cause. Aviation Safety Network records the aircraft as an Agusta-Bell AB 205A, the Italian-built Huey variant in Tunisian service, noting that early social media posts called it a UH-1. The helicopter was destroyed.

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" Helicopter profile drawing
Profile of UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"
Hicher, Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia
Hicher, Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia