Russia, rivers, helicopters : friends ?
 

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Same day than the EC120 but with an happy end (for the crew and especially the people around) !




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Both accidents reported yesterday:

Accident #1: Eurocopter Colibri EC 120B Colibri RA-04049 at the Runda River, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula.

Accident #2: Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III RA-1881G at Solohaul, near Sochi, Krasnodar Krai

Artouste IIIB engine failure right there. Check out the flames coming from the tailpipe at 10 seconds in prior to impact :eek:

Check out the weird engine noise at 5 secs.

crash video
 

Donkey quit perhaps?

Looking at the footage from this site the reason might be much easier to find.

It wouldn't be the first incident caused by passengers...

Very impressive demonstration.