RSAF Apache crash landing
At 3:30pm Singapore time on the 30th of September, a Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopter (serial 01-2069) belonging to 120 Squadron of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, made an emergency landing on an open field next to Sembawang Airbase in Singapore's north. During the landing the tail section of the aircraft broke off from the rest of the fuselage. According to Singapore's Ministry of Defence, the helicopter was on a routine maintenance flight from Sembawang when it encountered engine problems. As an emergency drill, the pilots chose an open field away from buildings and populated areas to make an emergency landing.
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A police officer from the Singapore's Special Operation Command unit cordon off the area where an Apache helicopter crashed-landed in a field in Singapore on September 30, 2010. An Apache helicopter from Singapore's air force crash-landed at an open field within a residential district on September 30, but no one was injured in the incident, the defence ministry said. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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