belgium crash

[widgeon]

Article on Rotorhub.com about a rescue helicopter crash in Belgium today , any one have more details.

[piston broke]

I assume it is not as bad as you suggested, surely Belgium has not crashed? The mind boggles.



[This message has been edited by piston broke (edited 20 April 2001).]

[alouette]

As you all know the media withers an incident with a chopper, and it has to be a crash. Nothing attracts more than blood and wreckage. Just blade damage

[Heliport]

News Agency Report:
Emergency copter crashes on car responding to call

A Belgian emergency helicopter has crashed on a car as it landed outside an old people's home.

The helicopter had flown to Ruddervoorde to pick up an elderly woman who was critically ill.

As it landed, its rotor hit a car and the helicopter from Bruges crashed. Emergency workers called for an ambulance to take the woman to hospital.

A repair company also arrived on the scene to repair the helicopter's rotor.

There are no reports of any injuries.