Croatian Airforce Helicopter Crash

[josephmlt]

Reports are circulating on Croatian news agencies of a Military helicopter crash presumably an OH-58 Kiowa. No further info available at hand

[Stratofreighter]

https://vijesti.hrt.hr/577444/pao-helik ... -na-terenu

Izvanredna konferencija u Zemuniku

U vojarni “Pukovnik Mirko Vukušić” u Zemuniku u ponedjeljak,
27. siječnja 2020. godine u 14,30 sati održat će se konferencija za medije povodom pada
helikoptera Kiowa Warrior OH-58D.
Prema Zemuniku su se uputili potpredsjednik Vlade i ministar obrane Damir Krstičević,
načelnik Glavnog stožera OS RH general zbora Mirko Šundov
i zapovjednik Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva brigadni general Michael Križanec.

...indeed a Kiowa Warrior...

[Stratofreighter]

https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/41096-zlarin

January 27, 2020 -
A military helicopter has reportedly crashed into the sea off the island of Zlarin,
according to a report from HINA.

Reports are still coming in,
but it has been confirmed that the helicopter crashed into the sea at 11:06 this morning
on a flight from Zablac to Zlarin.

It is not known how many people were on board, though Šibenik.in
https://www.sibenik.in/?novosti=crna-kr ... &id=117951
has reported that the body of the helicopter crew member was pulled from the sea.
A forensic unit also arrived in Zablace waterfront.

Two naval police boats have been dispatched to the scene.

The Ministry of Defense confirmed that a Croatian Air Force pilot,
a member of the Kiowa Warrior helicopter crew,
was killed in a Kiowa Warrior helicopter crash
into the sea in the Zlarin Channel in front of Zablace.

“There were two crew members in the Kiowa Warrior helicopter.
An intensive search and rescue operation was launched for the other crew member,
which included a Croatian Air Force helicopter and the Croatian Navy Coast Guard,
as well as operational services of the Ministry of the Interior
and a rescue ship from the Šibenik Harbor Master's Office.