Christophorus 6 crash in Salzburg

[alouette]

This is just off the hot press. Ambulance helicopter crashes onto a childrens playground next to the hospital in Salzburg. Not a good day to start with these kind of things. Luckily no fatalities.

[Brett Rankin]

Sad to hear... but good no fatalities...
Hope all onboard recover soon...
:ok:

[Stringfellow Dork]

Very glad no fatalities.

I'll bet the press/media will have a field day (whatever one of those is) with this story. It has all the elements...helicopters...crashes...children...hospitals...

[alouette]

Man, it is pure luck that all walked away from this mishap when looking at these pictures of the wreckage.

[Aesir]

alouette, could you post pics or point to a website with pictures?

[007helicopter]

http://www.krone.at/index.php?http://wcm.krone.at/krone/C00/S25/A7/object_id__11828/hxcms/

News story & Pic in German

Translation along the lines (courtesy of google translate)

http://wcm.krone.at/1x1.gif

http://wcm.krone.at/1x1.gif
After first information it is to concern with the cameraman a film and a medium artist, which work for the ORF and international TV stations. The fallen heli coil was for turning work for a car Werbespot on the way.

Treetop touched
As a cause of the misfortune it is assumed that the pilot touched a treetop due to the small flight altitude with the rotor blades. Afterwards the pilot lost control of the helicopter and fell, assumes gendarmes.


Hurt in the hospital


The emergency surgeon helicopter of the OEAMTC - Christophorus 6 - and a helicopter of the ministry of the Interior arrived already briefly after the crash at the misfortune place and flew the hurt ones to the hospital.

Machine started in moon lake



With the misfortune helicopter it concerns a German machine, whose basis was in moon lake. Also the flight was started from there to the turning work.

[What Limits]

Might I suggest that this was a camera heli - probably a Squirrel / Ecureil that crashed and the injured crew were taken to hospital in Christoph 6 (an EC 135) ?

[Aesir]

Yes looks like this was a case of misinformation.

Good that it was not Christoph 6 self that crashed :ok:

[Helipolarbear]

On the same web page there is a reference to a second helicopter crash into the river Donnau or Danube(Blue?)!

Hubschrauber in Donau gestürzt

The Heli appears to be a EC120 green and white.:cool:

[alouette]

Try these links:

http://www.kurier.at/galerie/index/1184/1/nachrichten/chronik/5059
http://www.kurier.at/galerie/index/1184/2/nachrichten/chronik/5059#topgal
http://www.kurier.at/galerie/index/1184/3/nachrichten/chronik/5059#topgal
http://www.kurier.at/galerie/index/1184/4/nachrichten/chronik/5059#topgal
http://www.kurier.at/galerie/index/1184/5/nachrichten/chronik/5059


Unfortunately it is safe to say it was no Squirrel but an EC 135.

It is a picture gallery and contains five photos

[Helipolarbear]

I've now looked at THREE different helicopter crashes in Austria on this thread!
Austria is having a very bad year with helicopters!
Hopefully no fatalities in all cases.:cool:

[Phoinix]

Great to hear that everyone survived! Hope they all make a fast recovery! :ok:

[mickjoebill]

Joining up the dots of the Bablefish translation seems it was a car commercial they were shooting.
Not clear if they were filming at the time of the accident.

Cameraman is seriously injured?

Anyone know if he was hand held or were they using a camera mount?



Mickjoebill

[212man]

Sadly, the link 007 provides also has this link with a less happy outcome:

http://www.krone.at/index.php?http://wcm.krone.at/krone/C00/S25/A7/object_id__11828/hxcms/

5 dead in Spanish 205 crash.

[skadi]

Here some Photos of the crashsite, seems, they had a lot of luck though

http://heli-szene.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=52

http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/na_pro/wrapper/jpegs.php3?filename=Christophorus=/C6_unfall1_4.jpg

http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/pages/resshp/anwendg/1119787.html

[Spunk]

I think that some of the "news" are totally mixed up. The helicopter that crashed in Salzburg yesterday was "Christophorus 6", an EC-135. (see pics in skadi's post). Two were seriously injured (pilot + patient, a motorcycliste who has been seriously injured in an accident before :} ), 3 with minor injuries ( doc, 2 paramedics).

All the other accidents stated in in the newspaper article posted by 007helicopter are accidents which took place last year or even earlier.