Helicopter Westland Sea King Mk.50 Serial wa 788 Register N16-100 used by Fleet Air Arm (RAN) RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Built 1974. Aircraft history and location
Accident ff 6 Aug 1974, dd 8 Apr 1975. Ex G-17-2 To HS817/902 by Jan 1993 Converted to Mk50A unk Aboard HMAS Manoora for Pacific Island deployment, (Christmas Island and Nauru during Sep 2001) w/o 02apr05 crashed at Amandraya, on the Indonesian island of Nias at approximately 7:30 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), whilst operating from HMAS Kanimbla with HS-817 (callsign Shark 02) during Operation Sumatra Assist (Phase 2), helping earthquake victims. 817 Squadron
2004 deployed to Hawaii for RIMPAC exercise. Further deployed SE Asia late 2004 in support US Navy