Rotorflug 206 down in Spanish street

[helihub]

Was operating out of Jerez, and appears to have had a technical issue leading to need to force land immediately

Translated local press reports here and here

[mickjoebill]

Reports of three passengers and a pilot and cineflex camera and floats... in a 206??
Whose idea was that?



Mickjoebill

[farmpilot]

That will be an interesting weight and balance......

[kikorro]

...and is a single engine choper overflying a 80.000 inhabitants town....

[fly911]

Single engine over city

...and is a single engine choper overflying a 80.000 inhabitants town....

They do it over New York City all the time.

[Jarvy]

Indeed they do, watched a NYPD A119 going round the empire state building just yesterday evening.

[mickjoebill]

They do it over New York City all the time.

But only when high or fast enough to find suitable open space for an emergency landing...most of the time.



Mickjoebill

[helispeediii]

206 down spain

thank goodness no fatalities ? any one know what the camera and mount weight ?, the floats look light weight pop outs , depends on fuel and pax weights andseating positions we should not speculate whats the gross 3000, or 3200? helispeed iii

[Vizsla]

No sign of any camera mount which would normally be mounted rear starboard door. Camera weight 18 kilos.
Could have been operated with lens stabliser and hand held

[GoodGrief]

Look under the nose.

[e-miles]

But not in europe

They do it all the time in the states but not in europe, where you are not allowed.

[GoodGrief]

Of course it's allowed in the EU.What are you guys talking about...?

[farmpilot]

Work on 45kgs on the nose and another 20 or so in the back.

This aircraft was well over max weight, if the reports are correct......

[mickjoebill]

Helicopter makes emergency touchdown in three-foot-wide street

THREE people have suffered injuries after a helicopter was forced to land in a street in the small municipality of El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz).

The emergency touchdown just after 17.00hrs on Sunday was due to a technical problem with the craft.

Emergency services say the three injured men, all German nationals, were the pilot and crew of the helicopter.

They had been flying over the province of Cádiz to take aerial-view photos.

Police at the scene said they were 'stunned' at the pilot's skill which enabled him to neatly slot the helicopter into the C/ San Juan, which is less than four metres wide.

Nobody on the ground was injured and in the city was no damage to properties, most of which are one-storey houses, except for one of these which had a broken window.

One of the men has been discharged from hospital, another remains in observation and a third has been moved to the hospital in the neighbouring municipality of Puerto Real.

This report says a total of three POB, all German nationals.

Mickjoebill

[farsouth]

Helicopter-makes-emergency-touchdown-in-three-foot-wide-streetl

Those Spaniards must have very big feet.............

[farmpilot]

If they were light on fuel then OK

[Flyting]

Yup....and they also said the street was less than a meter wide.... sure looks like it...! What with a jetty lying on it's side and space for fire crew...

[500e]

Viz look again first picture left hand side, in foam

[ReverseFlight]

A true testament to the Jetty's ability as an industry workhorse and kudos to the pilot.

Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

[kikorro]

In Spain is fobiden to overfly towns of more than 10000 inh.