The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. An UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) Russian built MI-17 helicopter is loaded by cranes onto a trailer following its crash on the runway, in which all twenty three people aboard were injured. The damaged rotor blades, and crushed nose and side, show the force of impact. The helicopter was carrying three UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) officials, one being the Australian Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Palk, Chief of Military Public Information, as well as a contingent of international media representatives. The UNTAC officers were on their way to a meeting with other senior UNTAC officials. Following this accident UNTAC grounded its five remaining MI-17 helicopters pending an investigation. (Donor L. van der Heide)
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. Luggage is collected from the tarmac after the crashing of the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) Russian built MI-17 helicopter, which injured all
Siem Reap, Cambodia. 1993-03-20. Australian Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Palk, Chief of Military Public Information, and Dutch United Nations photographer Lolke van der Heide man relax following the cra
United Nations officials leave the United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia (UNTAC) Russian built MI-17 helicopter after its crash on the runway, which injured all twenty-three persons on board.
Australian Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Palk, Chief of Military Public Information, UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia) walks along the runway away from the Russian built MI-17 helico
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1993-05-22. Sergeant (Sgt) Derek Webster, of Siem Reap Signal Troop, (Troop Sgt from April to October 1993), is erecting razor wire at a voting site in Siem Reap. Sgt Webster is
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 1993-06-03. Entrance road to Sector 2 Headquarters, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). Rolls of barbed wire flank the entrance, while at left sandbags prot
