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According to news media a helo with 7 POB crashed near Kolsaas SW of Oslo, Norway this evening. Crew and passengers have been extracted from the helo, one with serious injuries.
According to media it came down on the west side of this hill (Landmark in the area):
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00191/Kols_stoppen__B_rum_191216s.jpg
Crash site:
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/43/431/431511/kolsos.jpg
From dagbladet.no (norwegian only) (http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/05/11/431511.html)
Fingers crossed for all involved..... :(
It\'s a AS-350, from "Airlift Norway"
http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/1115839737.09034.jpg
http://www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1115840970190_614.jpg
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=276983
Is there available an English or French transcript of what happened?
Aesir
11th May 2005, 23:50
The news report just say´s that the helicopter (AS350) was on a sightseeing tour with 7 seven people and crashed into a mountain side.
No mention of the cause other than its to early to say. Don´t look like bad weather though.
One witness say´s that it looked like they were turning away from the mountainside and then it seemed like something happened with one of the rotor blades, he the heard a bang and the later a louder bang and then there was a large white smoke cloud after the crash. The chrash happened at 20:50 Local.
How he could see that something happened with just one rotor blade is beyond me :confused: but could be the newsreporter also misquoteing him, woulnt be the first time.
And for all those that come here and say that we really shouldnt speculate and start rumours and whatnot I´m just saying what the newspaper article say´s for IHL!
Sadly, a 39 year old ocupant died in Ullevaall University hostpital overnight. :(
There are several eyevitness accounts, they differ a lot. (As usual)
Police in Oslo claims that a news helo obstructed the resque performed by EMS helo, and refused to climb to a non-conflicting altitude when asked by the crew of the EMS helo.
Cyclic Hotline
12th May 2005, 18:14
Helicopter firm grounded
Norway's Civil Aviation Authority grounded all helicopters belonging to Airlift after a fatal accident on Wednesday. The company has been criticized about safety before.
The CAA concluded that Airlift's domestic flight approval would be suspended until a meeting with the company's flight leader could be held, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
"We want him to account for what has happened and we want to know what measures the company will take to avoid such accidents in the future," Jan Bengtson of the CAA told NRK.
A 39-year-old man died of injuries sustained after a helicopter narrowly failed to clear a peak near the 330-meter high Kolsåstoppen in Bærum. Another passenger on the sightseeing trip suffered a broken ankle.
"They flew in approaching the cliff wall and appeared to be ready to make a turn. Then something appeared to happen and we heard a loud bang. It looked like one of the rotor blades fell off," witness Anders Fredriksen Dahl told Aftenposten.
Airlift has been criticized by Norway's Aircraft Accident Investigation Board after previous accidents, including a Svalbard crash in 1998 where an Airlift helicopter crashed while photographing polar bears.
The company has had four accidents since 1996, with five fatalities. The most serious was the Førdefjord crash in 1996 where four persons died, and the AAIB ruled the helicopter was off course when the accident occurred.
In March 1998 another person was killed and two injured at Tvindehaugen, resulting in an investigation of company routines.
redbar1
13th May 2005, 09:37
Airlift got their AOC back after meeting the Norwegian CAA yesterday.
RedBar1
In todays papers, there are photos of the incident machine taken less then 1 hour before the crash, dropping employees of Helly Hansen out of the helo over water during some kind of "event".
....CAA says that Airlift did not have, and did not seek approval for this kind of operation......
http://www.vg.no/bilder/edrum/1115963201146_470.jpg
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=104614
Magjam
13th May 2005, 13:25
Here`s another transcript from one of the AAIB Inspectorsl:
"The helicopter was flying recklessly low and right into at least 4 trees. It kept on flying for another 400 feet before it hit several larger trees. At the last impact the helicopter lost all its blades - and crashed"
"I can confirm that the helicopter hit trees at two seperate occations. It is not clear how much of an effect the first impact had on the controllability of the helicopter, but we have found cracks\marks on the trees and parts of the helicopter by the first trees that were hit."
Another transcript from on of the passengers:
"The problems started at least 6-700ft above the ground. The helicopter made a right turn at good height and then it started loosing altitude. The low flying that witnesses have reported was part of the emergency itself, he says."
"Nobody would have flown like that on purpose, that would be like handing in your licence."
"As far as wether the crash was caused by mechanical failure, pilot error or meteorological conditions, I don`t know, but the cause was not that it was beeing flown recklessly low, says Folkedal."
Magjam
alouette
14th May 2005, 07:46
Aren't there supposed to be floatation devices on this helicopter when operating over water? ... This picture showing those employees getting dropped into the water makes me think what happens if the fire goes off... Just a thought