Majorca - Helicopter & Plane Collide mid-air

[Lude-og]

Just saw this, absolutely tragic. RIP to those involved.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9078331.html

[254]

Looks like a German reg Bell 206 long ranger from the photos on Sky news

[hueyracer]

Newspaper identified it as a Bell 206 from German company Rotorflug, flown by an Italian pilot who was killed in this accident..

https://m.bild.de/news/ausland/news-...ildMobile.html
Report talks about 5 casualties..

[Repos]

Sky now reporting 7 dead

https://news.sky.com/story/five-dead...jorca-11793978

[helipixman]

Very sad news to all involved. Looks like the aircraft was EC-GU1 an Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat and the helicopter a LongRanger of Rotorflug possibly D-HOTT which I know has been based in Majorca in the past.

[nomorehelosforme]

BBC reporting the same, 7 dead RIP

[roundwego]

Takes me back to the Biggin Hill mid-air in 1977 when a JetRanger climbed into a Tiger Moth. Five in the JR were killed but the TM managed to land safely with no undercarriage.

[9Aplus]

One of to many (unnecessary) fixwing / rotorcraft collisions
RIP

PS
ADS B & OGN & FLARM & ORSOMETHINGNEW , is it time for mandatory, when and how?!

[Bell_ringer]

Originally Posted by 9Aplus

One of to many (unnecessary) fixwing / rotorcraft collisions
RIP

PS
ADS B & OGN & FLARM & ORSOMETHINGNEW , is it time for mandatory, when and how?!

anyone heard of TIBA? Works well elsewhere and doesn’t require any additional equipment.

[helipixman]

Originally Posted by roundwego

Takes me back to the Biggin Hill mid-air in 1977 when a JetRanger climbed into a Tiger Moth. Five in the JR were killed but the TM managed to land safely with no undercarriage.

I remember that accident well, I was in a Cessna 340 about to land just after it happened. They had put up a fence around the accident so the crowd could not see the remains, sadly we were on the runway it was not a pleasant sight. G-AVSN a Ferranti JetRanger if memory recalls.

[Vtosser]

Question came up during a discussion...Did Rotorflug fly in Mallorca on a German AOC ?

[evil7]

Most definitely, why shouldn‘t they? It‘s Europe after all.