Inaer/Helland | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 5 Die in Mountainous Crash in Andorra, 1 Burned Crewman Struggles For Survival https://airflightdisaster.com/5-die-in-mountainous-crash-in-andorra-1-burned-crewman-struggles-for-survival/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:43:37 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=17410 What: Inaer/Helland Helicopter en route to Juclar Where: Estany de Juclá – Canillo, Andorra When: June 15, 2011 Who: 6 aboard, 5 fatalities, 1 serious injury Why: At 10:30 am, a flight transporting equipment and supplies to Juclar crashed in a mountainous area near the Andorran town of Canillo. Four bodies were immediately being recovered;...

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]]> What: Inaer/Helland Helicopter en route to Juclar
Where: Estany de Juclá – Canillo, Andorra
When: June 15, 2011
Who: 6 aboard, 5 fatalities, 1 serious injury
Why: At 10:30 am, a flight transporting equipment and supplies to Juclar crashed in a mountainous area near the Andorran town of Canillo. Four bodies were immediately being recovered; one was missing, having been ejected from the chopper. One individual survived with serious burns on 70% of his body, and was evacuated to Barcelona by chopper to the Hospital Vall d’Hebrón de Barcelona..

The helicopter is reported to be of French origin and registered in Spain. Forensic and technical experts are on scene; and the investigation will include Spanish officials, and representatives of the French helicopter buildern.

A field hospital has been set up to care for the victims’ families whose names were not released but were all reported to be “members of the crew.”

Inaer, the company which owns the helicopter, stated the accident is due to bad weather and low visibility due to foggy conditions.

Although the original report lists one as missing, the body of the missing person was found.

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