Air disaster
Open on the map1977 Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion crash
10 May 1977 · 31.93° N, 35.44° E
What the records say
- When
- 10 May 1977
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 31.93° N, 35.44° E
- Description
- helicopter crash
- Deaths
- 54
1977 Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 crash
Helicopter crash
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. The disaster became known as Ason HaNun-Daled, or "Disaster of the 54".
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