2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash

2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash
Accident
A Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, similar to the helicopter involved in the crash
Date	11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
Summary	technical malfunction
Site	Shabwa, Yemen
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk
Operator	United Arab Emirates Air Force
Flight origin	unknown
Destination	unknown
Occupants	11
Passengers	unknown
Crew	unknown
Fatalities	4
Survivors	7

On 11 August 2017, a Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force crashed while on a Saudi-led mission in Shabwa, Yemen, killing four of the soldiers on board. According to the Emirates News Agency, the crash was due to a technical malfunction.^[1]

Seven soldiers survived the crash, including a member of the royal Al Nahyan family. Emirati officials asked for help rescuing the survivors from Major General Miguel Correa, then the defense attaché at the United States Embassy in Abu Dhabi, which resulted in sending American special forces on two Ospreys for a rescue mission. The American medical team flew the seven injured soldiers to the USS Bataan in Gulf of Aden. After 48 hours, they were sent to an airport in Yemen, where they boarded an Air Force C-17 cargo plane destined for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany.^[2]

References

^ "UAE says 4 soldiers killed in Yemen helicopter crash". Associated Press. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Nissenbaum, Dion (October 19, 2020). "A Secret U.S. Rescue in Yemen Played a Role in Mideast Peace Deal". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 September 2022.