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Aircraft:04062 (Y-62)Photo date:Type:1965Operator:Photo views:Location:1743Photo by:A very unique image of Y-62, photographed during a naval exercise.
The photo belongs to Marinens Pressdetalj, via the Swedish Maritime Museum's collection (published with permission). The photographer is unknown.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/04062/4453 -
Aircraft:04062 (Y-62)Photo date:Type:ca. 1965Operator:Photo views:Location:1674Photo by:Equipped for anti-submarine warfare and hovering next to the frigate Karlskrona.
The photo belongs to Marinens Pressdetalj, via the Swedish Maritime Museum's collection (published with permission). The photographer is unknown.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/04062/4768
04062
Information about 04062
Aircraft Data
Reg: 04062
S/N: 502
Year: 1964
Type:
Last known operator:
History:
N10120
Fate:
1968-09-06 The aircraft was lost in a fatal accident on 6th of September 1968. It crashed in the water just south of Huvudskär, in Stockholm's outer archipelago, during a personnel transport mission from Gotska Sandön to the mainland. There were 12 people onboard and only two survived. Four of the crew and six passengers lost their lives. The cause of the accident was determined to be a mechanical malfunction in the rear rotor hub.
The aircraft was eventually replaced by Y-64 (04064).
