Helitrans (Norway) AS-350 missing off coast of Germany
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Helitrans (Norway) AS-350 missing off coast of Germany
A/C dropped off the radar screens at 14:30 local on a flight crossing the ocean from Germany to Halmstad/ESMT in Sweden.
Not looking good. Search suspended for the night.
www.vg.no - Helicopter missing
Wx on departure (Lubeck) was CAVOK, but weather in Copenhagen area was ****e with snow and low VV. However Soenderborg/EKSB north west of the bay was VMC.
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www.vg.no - Helicopter missing
Wx on departure (Lubeck) was CAVOK, but weather in Copenhagen area was ****e with snow and low VV. However Soenderborg/EKSB north west of the bay was VMC.
It puzzles what they were doing over the bay of Lübeck on a flight from Lübeck to Halmstad. It doesn't seem to be the most direct route either. Moreover, in a single-engine helicopter in the winter, wouldn't one choose to remain over terra firma up to Fehmarn and then have the shortest possible Baltic crossing over to Rødby in Denmark (with ferries departing every 30 minutes below you)?
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No results so far. The ELT Signal was obviously false alarm. A backpack with a notebook, possibly from the romanian pax, was found at a beach in the area.
Watertemperature is about 4°C
According to AIS-Schiffspositionen/-verkehr in Echtzeit there are still 9 searchvessels on task in the area east of Neustadt in Holstein.
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Watertemperature is about 4°C
According to AIS-Schiffspositionen/-verkehr in Echtzeit there are still 9 searchvessels on task in the area east of Neustadt in Holstein.
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wouldn't one choose to remain over terra firma up to Fehmarn and then have the shortest possible Baltic crossing over to Rødby in Denmark (with ferries departing every 30 minutes below you)?
Last edited by Spunk; 6th Dec 2012 at 17:16.
It is an AS350AB operating survey mission with Lidar.
I find a photo of LN-OMY looking like it may be fitted to take LIDAR stuff - although that does NOT confirm it as the subject helicopter which is being searched for.
German media reported yesterday evening that a rucksack had been found on a beach of the island of Fehmarn, containing a laptop computer which could be linked to the passenger.
[edit: sorry, didn't see Skadi's post to the same effect...]
[edit: sorry, didn't see Skadi's post to the same effect...]
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It looks like the search continues
Officially, the search operations have been called off for the weekend.
But, I am checking from time to time the radar with ships that navigate in that area, and I saw one German military ship circling around, for hours, in the Bay near Scharbeutz. The ship doesn't have a declared destination, which looks like a rearch and rescue operation.
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Let's hope they will find both of the people from that helicopter.
Des anyone know some online realtime radar which shows the helicopters in flight? I only have a link from a website showing only commercial flights (only planes): Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!
But, I am checking from time to time the radar with ships that navigate in that area, and I saw one German military ship circling around, for hours, in the Bay near Scharbeutz. The ship doesn't have a declared destination, which looks like a rearch and rescue operation.
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Let's hope they will find both of the people from that helicopter.
Des anyone know some online realtime radar which shows the helicopters in flight? I only have a link from a website showing only commercial flights (only planes): Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!
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Let's hope they will find both of the people from that helicopter.
However, there is always room for hope unless information to the contrary arises.
That flight radar site is interesting but surely there must be more air traffic (airlines) than that which is shown?
Let's keep our fingers crossed for the Helitrans crew.