Condolences to the families and colleagues at Erickson.
Source Babelfish translation
TRAGEDY OF SKIES
A helicopter to Fiumicino falls
An American loses the life
ROME, 6 July 2005 - a dead man and the three wounded, two serious and one less. This the budget of the incident that has been involved to the airport of Fiumicino a helicopter of the endured hasty Forest Body after the takeoff.
According to some testimonies, the helicopter of the State Forestry Corps had evidenced technical problems already some days ago , during a short test. They are in course surveyings in order to go back to the causes of the incident of the helicopter Eriksson S64F that had been mounted after its arrival to Rome for being then destined to the airport of Ciampino where the unit is found engaged flight of the Forest one in the fight to boschivi fires.
The only victim of the incident that today afternoon has been involved the helicopter to the inside of the perimeter of the aeroorto of Fiumicino is a pilot American of approximately 40 years. The man is remained blocked in the cabin while the helicopter, reached taken apart from little days from the United States, fell after is raised of little meters from one pit of pause put off center regarding the tracks of the aerial port of call. The others three members of the crew, two technicians and connazionali of the victim and an inspector of the Forest one of approximately 50 years, are instead resolutions to put itself in but throwing themselves from the aircraft and bringing back only light hurt and a fort be of choc. The three have been accompagnatiall' hospital G. B. Grassi di Ostia.
Carcass of the helicopter, a SS 64 Eriksson from little in equipment to the Forest one, lies carbonated to earth in an area of parking put off center regarding the airport. The encircled helicopter e' from various means of the National Fire Departments that with fire engines is endured I noticed on the place of the incident overflowing the helicopter of schiumogeni antifire. In the meantime agents of the PolAria they have encircled the zone for a beam at least 600 meters.
The body of the victim, covered from a cloth, lies close to earth to the carcass of the helicopter. Incessant the work of the rescuers: the continuous area to being off limits for anyone to exception of the attache's to the jobs.
Immediate it has been the participation of the attache's to the emergency and the attache's of the society in management to the Airports of Rome.