Helisul Táxi Aéreo Aerospatiale AS350 Ecureuil / Squirrel PT-HML
HEADLINES (discontinued) Helicopter crash in Brazil
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Image ID: 288134
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Operator: Helisul Táxi Aéreo - PT-HML
Aircraft: Aerospatiale - AS350 Ecureuil / Squirrel
Airport: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Morro da Urca Heliport (SDHU)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2013-2-12 by Renato Serra Fonseca [Contact]
Camera setting: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 1/500s, f/5.6 at 135mm ISO 100
Photographer's remark
(9.5.2013, 03:39 CET)
This Helicopter crash landed today (May 8, 2013) on the woods beside Morro da Urca Heliport possibly due to a wind gust of 25 knots at a critical momment on the short final. Pilot plus 5 tourists visiting the Sugar Loaf were on board. Everyone survived, some with minor injuries. The crash land happened very close to the mountain side, but the pilot was able to regain control and avoid the impact on the mountain, which would most likely be deadly. Today in Rio winds at this altitude were gusting from 25 to 35+ knots and changing direction suddenly from 210 all the way to 290. The Pilots that work there are very used to landing and taking off under extreme wind. The CENIPA (brazilian NTSB) already started the investigations.
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