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Helicopter wreckage located off the coast of Almería

Helicopter wreckage located off the coast of Almería

By h.b. - Jan 23, 2010 - 6:44 PM


Anxious family members of the missing men - EFE
Three men are believed to have died when the rescue helicopter went down on Thursday

A navy ship, using its sonar, has located what is thought to be the wreckage of the rescue helicopter which crashed five miles off the coast of Almería on Thursday.

The remains of the Helimer 207 are lying at a depth of 85 metres. It came down for reasons which remain a mystery when returning from routine manoeuvres.
Technicians from the company AgustaWestland, the makers of the craft, have travelled to the zone and say they have located the signal from the copter’s black box.

Only one of the four men on board has been rescued and is now in hospital in a serious condition. The three men who are lost have been named as the Captain, José Luis López Alcalá from Granada, the copilot, Kevin Holmes, from New Zealand and resident of Granada and Iñigo Vallejo García, from Sevilla.

Rescue helicopter crashes off Almeria coast | Spanish News

Three people were missing and one found in a serious condition as a helicopter which had gone to carry out some flight maneuvers crashed into the sea five nautical miles off the coast of Almeria. According to reports by emergency services, there was a phone alert received by them from the control tower at the Almeria airport at around 8:30 PM yesterday, informing them about the incident.
Flares were seen from the spot where the chopper “Helimer” is said to have crashed after losing connectivity with the radar and radio control. Four people were on board and three of them are missing. The one who has been rescued is reported to be in a serious condition.
The four are reported to have gone for the purpose of carrying out flight maneuvers with a ship named ‘Nevola’. Search for the people missing is still on and the reason for the mishap is yet to be established.

Rescue helicopter plunges into sea in Almería

Rescue helicopter plunges into sea in Almería
By: thinkSPAIN , Friday, January 22, 2010

THREE people have disappeared after a coastguard helicopter crash-landed into the sea opposite Almería airport, emergency services reveal.
They were called by staff at the air control tower at 20.30hrs last night after seeing flares about five miles out to sea and having lost control of the helicopter by radio and on screen.
The craft, Helimer, was transporting four people, one of whom was rescued and taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Rescuers brought the victim in to shore, as far as the jetty where a Guardia Civil lifeboat was moored.
The remaining three crew-members have not been seen since the helicopter plunged into the Mediterranean for reasons that have not yet been ascertained.

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Rescue helicopter crashes

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:08
Three people were missing after a maritime rescue helicopter crashed into the sea off southern Spain late on Thursday, emergency services said. A fourth person aboard the aircraft was rescued after the accident off the port of Almeria, and was hospitalised suffering from hypothermia. Three boats and four helicopters of the rescue service were scouring the seas late into the night for the three missing persons. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.