2 x Helicopters crash in Berlin

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The Germans are publishing an status report next week about this accident, it's filed under BFU 3X010-13.

But it is basically just a first course and progress display, the actual analysis of the accident and thus the determination of causes is the (final) examination report, which is not to be expected till next year.

Main things are, where was a training session for the exercise before, which was canceled due bad weather.
The distance between the reference points was 20 and 27meters.
They did 2 full circles around the landing zone before they approached the field, but the two 332 switched positions during their final approach.
During briefing they had chosen an approach with slow speed till they reached the reference points and then a speedy touch down.
Last training regarding flying during winter time, they had in mid December as an power point presentation.

The Pilot of the EC155, 40 years old and 3841 hours experience, 928 hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 27 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 14 hours.
The Flight Engineer of the EC155, 55 years old 3197 hours experience, 446 hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 25 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 13 hours.

The Pilot of the first AS332, 45 years old and 4140 hours flying experinece, but no mentioning on how many hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 30 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 15 hours. During the exercise he acted as team leader for the formation.
The Flight Engineer of the first AS332, 42 years old and 4369 hours experience, but no mentioning on how many hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 25 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 10 hours.

The Pilot of the second AS332, 53 years old and 4577 hours flying experience, 585 hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 24 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 13 hours.
The Flight Engineer of the second AS332, 46 years old and 3092 hours flying experience, 251 hours on type, in the last 90 days he had flown 15 hours and in the last 30 days he had flown 1 hour.

The snow height at the landing zone was 17centimeters and 15centimeters on the accident site. And the landing zone in total is about 112000 square meters wide.