Helicopter makes emergency landing in Kagawa Pref. Japan, none injured

[Dexus]

An AS350B3 made an emergency landing and caught fire Thursday in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, but the three men onboard escaped without injury, police said.
After departing Takamatsu airport around 9:25 a.m., the pilot noticed smoke coming from the aft end of the aircraft, which was chartered by Shikoku Electric Power Co. to check for typhoon damage to power cables, according to local police.
The pilot made the emergency landing on a baseball field around 10:20 a.m. The aircraft went up in flames after the pilot and two power company employees escaped.
The Eurocopter-made aircraft operated by Shikoku Air Service Co. based in Takamatsu, the capital of the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagawa, was scheduled to return to the airport around 11:25 a.m.
The government's Japan Transport Safety Board will dispatch two investigators to the accident site.

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[311kph]

Damn, that was close!!!
I'll bet the pilot is still running!!

Whats the rear made of anyway, carboard!?

[Paddyviking]

What's the old saying !!

Any landing you can walk (or run ) away from is a good one

certainly fits this landing

Pv

[mickjoebill]

Amazing video.
A News report says something about preschool children being evacuated from the Athletics field? Was that the field he landed on? The school building itself is some distance 500 meters? from the landing.

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Mickjoebill

[helihub]

I cannot get the video in the first entry to work, but this one seems to work OK... Just in case anyone else was finding the same issues?

AS350B3 JA6522 serial 3559

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by mickjoebill

Amazing video.
A News report says something about preschool children being evacuated from the Athletics field? Was that the field he landed on? The school building itself is some distance 500 meters? from the landing.

I guess that they couldn't find a herd of Fluffy Kittens that were saved by the pilot's actions?

Remarkable both for the footage (cameraman right place/right time!) and the recognition that something was wrong. If you had a fire in the baggage area of a Squirrel, how would you know until too late? Battery overheat warning? Viewing the approach path and the smoke caught in the downwash as the Squirrel came back through translational, that would have been quite unnerving for the pilot

Well done, I hope his actions are appreciated

[OvertHawk]

Excellent save!

I can't remember - where is the battery in a 350?

OH

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by OvertHawk

I can't remember - where is the battery in a 350?

Usually in the rear of the right side locker.

[Flyting]

Thank God for fire walls.....

Hats off to the pilot for that one.....

[mickjoebill]

I guess that they couldn't find a herd of Fluffy Kittens that were saved by the pilot's actions?

Does it count if the Fluffy kittens being held by preschool kids 500 meters away from the drama


Mickjoebill