Alouette | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:37:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Alouette Crashed in Romania, 4 lost https://airflightdisaster.com/alouette-crashed-in-romania-4-lost/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:18:19 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=21038 What: Romanian Air Force AR 316B Alouette III Where: Buzau, Romania When: July 5, 2012 Who: 4 aboard Why: Captain Commander Docuz Mitica who was piloting the Alouette when it went down had over 1700 flight hours; and his copilot Viorel Cojocaru had 650 hours. Topoliceanu Catalin had more than 1,100 flying hours, Student Steven...

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]]> What: Romanian Air Force AR 316B Alouette III
Where: Buzau, Romania
When: July 5, 2012
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Captain Commander Docuz Mitica who was piloting the Alouette when it went down had over 1700 flight hours; and his copilot Viorel Cojocaru had 650 hours. Topoliceanu Catalin had more than 1,100 flying hours, Student Steven Corope?chi also died in the crash. One of the mechanics aboard might have been taking a flying lesson.

The Air Force School of Boboc lost radio contact with the helicopter at around 12:00 shortly before the helicopter crashed in Buzau County in the area known as Cross Comsoaiei right near the highway E85.

Rescue vehicles including water and foam trucks and ambulances responded but all four aboard died.

A committee of Air Force Staff will be investigating the crash and the findings made public.

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