- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 22, 2002
Time: 02:30
Location: Off Dumaguete, Philippines
Operator: Military - U.S. Army
Flight #: ?
Route: Basilan - Mactan Island
AC Type: MH-47 Chinook helicopter
Registration: 92-0471
cn / ln: M-3719
Aboard: 10   (passengers:4  crew:6)
Fatalities: 10   (passengers:4  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: A helicopter ferrying U.S. troops in a counter-terrorism exercise, crashed into the sea, 30 minutes before its scheduled arrival at Mactan Island. The helicopter was flying in tandem with another U.S. Army Chinook when it crashed.
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