Courchevel France
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Courchevel France
Tuesday Feb 9th a helicopter flown by a local businessman hit the Dent du Villard at 17:20 shortly after taking off from the heliport killing two tourists on board. The pilot was badly injured.but neither he; nor the other two passengers suffered life-threatening injuries
RIP: it's a challenging place to operate from.
If still the same (was true as of 2014), fixed wing pilots need a mountain rating validated within the previous 6 months prior to operating from there. But helicopters had no restriction, I recall that a UK operator (now defunct) had an incident there back in 2008.
If still the same (was true as of 2014), fixed wing pilots need a mountain rating validated within the previous 6 months prior to operating from there. But helicopters had no restriction, I recall that a UK operator (now defunct) had an incident there back in 2008.
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Just to add a little more information which may - or may not - be relevant to your post. The pilot had been previously President (?) of the Courchevel Tourist Authority and is currently President of Courchevel Business Association, so I would bet that he is local born and bred with excellent (ground) knowledge of the locality.
Was it this 206B?
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraf...001124587.html
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraf...001124587.html
Accident Bell 206B JetRanger III F-HUBA, 09 Feb 2021
