| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-GTWH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 214 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell 214B BigLifter |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 214B-1 Biglifter |
| C/n (msn): | 28048 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Vancouver - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYVR IATA: YVR Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 431415 |
| Photo Comment |
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Pictured new with Transwest Helicopters, C-GTWH would later fly in Norway as LN-OPV and Switzerland as HB-XVZ. It returned to Canada in 2003, but it's registration had already been re-used by Transwest for another Bell 214 (cn 28017). Taking the registration C-GTWV, the helicopter was written off on July 10, 2010 during fire fighting sortie. Losing engine power it hit hard during the emergency landing . The two crew escaped, but the machine caught fire and burned. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 16 January 2022, and has since been viewed 272 times. |