What the records say
- When
- 25 Nov 2019
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 15.87° N, 1.52° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 13
- Injured
- 0
2019 Ménaka mid-air collision
Aviation accident in Mali
On 25 November 2019, two French Armed Forces helicopters, a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar and a Eurocopter Tiger which were part of Operation Barkhane, collided in mid-air over northern Mali, this collision resulted in the deaths all 13 soldiers who were in both helicopters.
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