View Full Version : Police EC-135 totalled in Gothemburg
perfrej
24th Apr 2007, 10:41
A swedish police wing EC-135 has totalled outside of Gothumburg. One dead, a few injured. More later.
/perf
http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/64/27/40/heligbgArtikel445.jpg
Source: www.dn.se
The reporter from dn.se says that it looks like the helo impacted the ground and traveled about 100 meters before coming to rest in a ditch. It's completely crushed. :uhoh:
Police describes it as a miracle that 3 persons survived the crash.
http://img.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0704/24/helikopterny.jpg
Not much left
ppheli
24th Apr 2007, 15:07
For those understanding the local language, here are two reports
http://aftonbladet.se/vss/goteborg/story/0,2789,1053291,00.html
http://expressen.se/webb-tv/index.html?serialid=4172
Rickenbacker69
24th Apr 2007, 15:31
Aftonbladet has a witness description of the crash:
"- Den svajade till och gick ner. Sedan snurrade den runt innan den slog i marken."
Which means roughly "It swung and crashed. Then it spun around before hitting the ground."
alouette
24th Apr 2007, 18:02
Well, it's bad enough - whatever happened. And I agree; there is not much left of the aircraft:(
http://img.aftonbladet.se/goteborg/0704/25/helikopter438.jpg
And this is the crash according to one of the survivors.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/goteborg/0704/25/heli_368.jpg
1. Helicopter approaching from the east at high speed and low altitude. All on board not in winch etc.
2. Helicopter descends and hits the ground tail first. Left skid breaks off.
3. Nose hits the ground
4. The helo spins around several times over 100 meters. Cabin disintegrates, windows falls out and tailboom is crushed.
Quick stop gone wrong? :uhoh: