Westland Wessex Rescue 1982: dit was pas echt een sneeuwbui

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Ondanks de titel van de video was dit incident nog een paar duizend kilometer bezuiden de Falkland-eilanden...

The wreckage of one of two Westland Wessex HU.5 assault helicopters (this one XT464) of 845 Naval Air Squadron operating from RFA TIDESPRING which crashed in severe weather on 22 April 1982.

The two doomed helicopters plus a further Wessex HU.3 from HMS ANTRIM were evacuating a reconnaissance party of members of 22 Special Air Service Regiment from Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia when an extreme blizzard forced them off.

The Wessex HU.3 was able to leave and carried the survivors, a total of sixteen people, to safety.

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One of two Westland Wessex HU.5 assault helicopters (this one XT464) from 845 Naval Air Squadron and operating from RFA TIDESPRING which crashed while taking off in a blizzard from on Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia after landing an SAS party on the glacier during the assault on the island on 22 April 1982.
Another of 845 NAS's helicopters is in the background picking up the survivors.

Westland Wessex "Humphrey", de held van dit verhaal. Inclusief later opgelopen Mirage-kogelgaten..
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http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/wess ... 7-100.aspx

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_Glacier#1982