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HeliHenri
22nd Jul 2013, 13:26
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Same day than the EC120 but with an happy end (for the crew and especially the people around) !

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Heli-News
22nd Jul 2013, 13:39
Both accidents reported yesterday:

Accident #1: Eurocopter Colibri EC 120B Colibri RA-04049 at the Runda River, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula.

Accident #2: Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III RA-1881G at Solohaul, near Sochi, Krasnodar Krai

elro
22nd Jul 2013, 13:45
Artouste IIIB engine failure right there. Check out the flames coming from the tailpipe at 10 seconds in prior to impact :eek:

HeliStudent
22nd Jul 2013, 13:51
Check out the weird engine noise at 5 secs.

Soave_Pilot
22nd Jul 2013, 23:12
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Donkey quit perhaps?

Ready2Fly
23rd Jul 2013, 14:21
Looking at the footage from this site (http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/tourist-captures-helicopter-river-plunge-video/483510.html) the reason might be much easier to find.

It wouldn't be the first incident caused by passengers...

Adroight
23rd Jul 2013, 21:15
Very impressive demonstration.