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Old 20th Jun 2011, 22:24
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Dragstay - very sorry to report but the local press is naming two deceased Heliand employees as Claude Michel Boulanger and Jacques Lahouille

For info - Catalan translation is readily available at Google Translate - just put the Catalan language http.... web page name in the box, make sure it is showing "From Catalan" and "To (your language)" and hit [enter] and you have the page in your language.

Same article finishes "the sling hanging from the helicopter got hooked on a tree."

This article states "The sources claimed yesterday that it is not advisable to fly with the sling hanging when not in use, but "is moot" if it is illegal."

Other articles from same Andorran website here and here

I believe the helicopter was EC-LHP - see photo here in better times and compare the tail colours with the photo above. Note also Heliand titles. This 350B3 serial number 4916 was registered new in Spain in June 2010. BigFrank - the seven months could be from the November date when it appears to have gone in service with Heliand to this month?
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