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Chopper Crashes in Bolivian Rescue Attempt
On 23-MAY-2013 two engineers were being held hostage. A Policía Nacional Bolivariana (bolivian police) MBB Bo 105M a survey chopper was on a surveillance mission as part of “a new anti-crime initiative”. The chopper was engaged to surveil a car with two engineers being held hostage when the helicopter crashed on a road in... »
Medical Helicopter Emergency Landing Takes out Windshield
photographer Jerome Mervelet A medical evacuation helicopter, ADAC-Luftrettung Eurocopter EC 135 P2 was making a street landing in Germany when it struck a car. The tail of the chopper struck an Opel Corsa’s window. The car was parked in a parking lot at the Ochsenfurt train station. No people were injured. The pilot and... »
Rio Helicopter Crash
On May 8, 2013, a Helisul Táxi Aéreo Ltda-owned Helibras HB-350B Esquilo (Eurocopter Ecureuil) helicopter landing at a Rio de Janeiro heliport landed in the trees instead of on the landing area. Aboard were the pilot and five tourists,a couple of miners, and two tourists from the United States. No one was injured though... »
Helicopter Goes Missing in Siberia
On May 6, 2013, 9 people aboard an Angara Airlines Mil Mi-8T were lost during a rescue operation in Siberia. Update Fragments of missing Mi-8 helicopter found in Irkutsk The helicopter was participating in a flood rescue and was carrying 1.9 tons of explosives for blasting ice dams in the river. Missing are three... »
Helicopter Crash in Schoemanskloof Kills Lion Sands Game Resort CEO
A privately owned Robinson R-44 with four aboard crashed in the vicinity of Schoemanskloof outside Nelspruit in South Africa. The flight had taken off from Johannesburg and was en route to White river when it crashed in heavy mist. No one aboard survived. The fatalities were listed as Nick More, Pierre de Villiers, Lance... »
Fatal Crash in Loreto
On April 7, 2013, a Helicópteros del Pacífico (Helipac) Mil Mi-8PS with 13 aboard crashed near Perenco Oil in Peru. There were four crew and nine passengers aboard—all Peruvian— when the flight crashed in the Napo River. Hernán Cervantes Paiva, Trider Pasmiño and Máximo Rolando Cuello have been identified. The plane failed at 11:00... »
Helicopter Crash off the Coast of Brazil
On March 27, 2013, a Líder Táxi Aéreo Bell 412SP was en route from Rio de Janeiro to an oil platform (Petrobras P-7 rig) with three people aboard when it made an emergency landing near an oil platform Bacia de Campos Brazil. Líder Táxi Aéreo and Petrobras say it was a controlled landing. The... »
Small Plane Crashes on Mar 23
On MARCH 23,2013: a Romeo Aviation Beech A36 Bonanza crashed north of Cordova,IL after striking a power pole. a Sky Dive City de Havilland Canada DHC-6-200 Twin Otter near Zephyrhills, FL flew 22 sky divers; one diver and one skydriver instructor died after a jump. Their bodies were found in woods near the airport.... »
Bad Day for Helicopters
Didn’t mention this all together yesterday but it was a bad day (or two) for helicopters. On Mar 19 Bristow Academy Inc Schweitzer 269C-1 training flight; chopper lost power and crash-landed Highway US-1 near Titusville, FL. Two aboard, no injuries On Mar 21 Bundespolizei Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma was in a training exercise... »
Four Killed in Helicopter Crash in New South Wales
On March 21, 2013 at about 1215 Eastern daylight-saving time, a Bankstown Heliport Robinson R44 on a private flight from Bankstown to Bulli Tops, New South Wales with four aboard suffered a terrain collision near Panorama House in Bulli Tops near Wollongong in NSW. Emergency services arrived on the scene around 1:43 pm. After... »
