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Names Released in Construction Chopper Crash in Norwegian Mountainscape

What: Airlift AS Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Where: between Dalamot and Busete in Hardanger, Hordalan, Norway
When: July 24, 2011, 21.30
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: About to transporting building materials into the mountains during heavy fog, the Airlift to Dagbladet helicopter crashed and caught on fire. The witnesses were part of a crew that had flown in earlier. A crisis team from Eidfjord and Ullensvang is on the scene.

The Airlift company had a fleet of 17 helicopters.

Police and fire departments, two air ambulances and at least two Sea King helicopters were engaged after emergency services were called. Three of the deceased were found quickly, and the other two took longer to find. The pilot was also killed in the crash.

The crash occurred in a remote location far (5 hours walk) from a road. It was so remote that the individual who reported the crash had to travel to a location where there was phone service coverage.

The state agency Havarikommisjonen is investigating.

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