16dec2020: Navy AW101 Merlin falls into the sea, mishap got video'd. Algerian Navy...

[Stratofreighter]

...this does not look good:
https://twitter.com/imminent_news/statu ... 5786394627
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https://twitter.com/elkhabarlive/status ... 1022404608

\The moment a helicopter crashed off the port of Boharon in Tipaza.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=245748

Date: 16-DEC-2020
Time: c. 11:25
Type: AgustaWestland AW101 Mk 610 Merlin
Owner/operator: Algerian Navy
Registration: MS-25
C/n / msn: 50232
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 2nm NW off Bouharoun - Algeria

An Algerian Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Mk.610 Merlin, operating by 560 ERS, has crashed into the sea off Bouharoun. There is said to have been at least one fatality. Two occupants are missing.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=245748

[patrick dirksen]

Au!
Some parts are already falling in the sea just before the actual crash, and it seems to have a fire on board as well before it hits the water. Terrible sight!