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An IAF Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. On 26 July 2010 at 1:15 p.m., two Yasur helicopters took off from the Romanian Air Force Base in Boboc and headed north toward the Carpathian Mountains. The fog which prevailed at the flight altitude made it difficult to navigate.
On 10 May 1977, an Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter crashed during an exercise in the Jordan Valley, killing all 54 on board (including the 10-member flight crew). The disaster became known as Ason HaNun-Daled, or "Disaster of the 54". [1]
The CH-53 Sea Stallion (Sikorsky S-65) is a family of American heavy-lift transport helicopters designed and built by the American manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft.The Sea Stallion was originally developed in response to a request from the United States Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons made in March 1962 for a replacement for the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave helicopters flown by the United States Marine ...
The 118 Squadron was established after the War of Attrition on October 6, 1970 at Tel Nof Airbase and acquired its first CH-53 Yas'ur helicopters from the Yas'ur department of 114 Squadron. Since then, the squadron has been engaged in all Israeli wars and conflicts, as well as in countless search and rescue operations.
[77] The Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur crashed into the sea off the Sinai coast, killing 10 soldiers and officers as they returned to Israel following a mission. [78] [79] 12 July A Piper PA-48 Enforcer, N202PE, c/n PE2-1001, crashed after structural failure due to flutter caused by a Piper-modified elevator trim-tab, off Vero Beach, Florida. [80]
4 February – Two Sikorsky S-65C-3 Yas'ur 2000s of the Israeli Air Force collide in mid-air over She'ar Yashuv and crash. All 73 people on board the two aircraft are killed. 8 September – Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma LN-OPG operating Helikopter Service Flight 451 suffers a mechanical failure and crashes into the Norwegian Sea. All 12 people ...
Operation Rooster 53 – December 26, 1969: IAF Super Frelon and Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopters carry paratroopers in a raid to capture an advanced Soviet P-12 radar deployed in Egypt near Suez. A CH-53 helicopter carried the 4-ton radar back to Israeli held territory, tethered underneath it.
Hezbollah shot down an IAF CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter on the last day of the war, killing five crew members. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Israeli aircraft shot down three of Hezbollah's Iranian -made [ 35 ] aerial drones during the conflict.