View Full Version : Cessna hits police helo
DancingOnTheCeiling
11th Aug 2011, 15:32
Came across this from a few days ago, seems some guy was flying marijuana from Paraguay to Argentina when he was spotted by a new radar system. When the police went to intercept he refused to comply and eventually rammed them :mad:. Anyway, it looks as though everyone was ok.
Not sure how to add a link but a brief report is here; ASN Aircraft accident 06-AUG-2011 Cessna 210L Centurion ZP-TIH (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=137889)
and you can search on the registration number too of course: ZP-TIH
NutLoose
11th Aug 2011, 20:44
No victims among Gendarmes in the helicopter, who came down aprox. 500 m from de Cessna with it´s tail rotor broken.
Tail rotor looks like only part of their problem.
http://www.abc.com.py/files/image/278/278992/4e408b20acccd__422!.jpg?
KKoran
12th Aug 2011, 03:09
DancingOnTheCeiling,
Nothing in the ASN description, nor the Larazon article says the plane "rammed" the helicopter.
patowalker
12th Aug 2011, 06:43
According to this article, when the helicopter's "persuasive manoeuvres" did not work, it approached the Cessna in an "intimidatory task", which resulted in the aircraft "brushing" each other.
Santiago del Estero: un helicóptero derribó una avioneta con drogas - lanacion.com * (http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1395781-santiago-del-estero-un-helicoptero-derribo-una-avioneta-con-drogas)
The title says the helicopter downed the Cessna.
24Carrot
12th Aug 2011, 07:27
Tail rotor looks like only part of their problem.
Or perhaps the tail rotor was just the start of their problem!
kernowbird
12th Aug 2011, 19:35
I suspect it was a draw.....but a detected crime for police
kevmusic
12th Aug 2011, 20:17
Bloody things are over our town all hours of the night. Wonder what the guy would want to move to north Kent... :E
On the other hand, wonder what it would take for me to move to north Devon. :hmm:
DancingOnTheCeiling
17th Aug 2011, 11:36
KKoran
"Nothing in the ASN description, nor the Larazon article says the plane "rammed" the helicopter"
although one of the articles I read does - Narcoavión paraguayo choca en el aire con helicóptero argentino :: LA NUEVA RGS 94.3 Fm. Palorubin.com (http://www.palorubin.com/noticias.php?id2=25591)
"In a desperate maneuver, the pilot Jose Feliciano Martinez Benitez decided to ram his ship to the Argentine helicopter, in a move described by local authorities as 'movie' "