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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

Black Hawk helicopters

The site of an IDF helicopter crash in the southern Gaza Strip, September 11, 2024. (Courtesy)
September 20, 2024, 3:09 pm
IAF chopper crash probe finds bad visibility conditions led to deadly accident
‘Complex’ helipad in south Gaza combat zone, paired with darkness and heavy dust, led crew to lose ‘spatial orientation’; 2 soldiers were killed, seven wounded in Sep. 11 incident
By Emanuel Fabian
The site of an IDF helicopter crash in the southern Gaza Strip, September 11, 2024. (Courtesy)
September 11, 2024, 11:55 am
2 soldiers killed, several injured in helicopter crash in south Gaza
Black Hawk flew to Rafah to evacuate seriously wounded combat engineer; due to unknown reason, it failed to touch down correctly in IDF encampment
By Emanuel Fabian
Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Police chief Kobi Shabtai attend a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 16, 2022, 2:45 pm
Ben Gvir claims police chief wanted 4 ‘firefighting’ helicopters for personal use
Expected national security minister says extra powers needed to stop such extravagances, but documents indicate police chief, gov’t requisitioned Black Hawks to help tackle blazes
By Michael Horovitz
A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag fly above of supporters gathered to celebrate the US withdrawal of all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021. (JAVED TANVEER / AFP)
September 1, 2021, 8:39 pm
Taking Black Hawk on victory flight, Taliban parade plundered US hardware
Helicopter flying Islamists’ flag buzzes convoy of captured Humvees parading through movement’s heartland in Khandar province of Afghanistan
By David Fox
Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, left, with United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, in a helicopter as they review the security situation along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, August 30, 2017. (Israel UN/Shlomi Amsalem)
November 1, 2020, 4:37 pm
IDF chief’s helicopter makes emergency landing after motor malfunction
In second such incident this year, Kohavi’s chopper forced to land at army base in central Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Israel's ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, left, with United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, in a helicopter as they review the security situation along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, August 30, 2017. (Israel UN/Shlomi Amsalem)
July 8, 2020, 9:42 pm
IDF chief’s chopper experienced motor failure, dropped to 100 feet from ground
Military says crew managed to fly helicopter to nearby base; Kohavi and other officers’ lives were not in danger, but TV report says mid-air malfunction nearly ended in ‘disaster’
By Judah Ari Gross
An IAF Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter comes in for a landing in the Judean Desert, file photo (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 1:55 pm
Illegally flown drone nearly collides with IAF Black Hawk helicopter
Army says it’s working with police to prevent similar incidents of unmanned civilian aircraft entering military airspace
By Judah Ari Gross
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