Aérospatiale | Collision | Crash | Eurocopter | Germany | power loss | Schweizer | training | USA
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 in snowy conditions at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The Super Puma struck the EC-155 while landing, and fell. THe EC-155 pilot died on the scene, and three were injured.
- Bundespolizei Eurocopter EC 155B-1 (AS 365N4) (see above incident at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium)