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Lude-og 25th Aug 2019 14:31
Majorca - Helicopter & Plane Collide mid-air
 
Just saw this, absolutely tragic. RIP to those involved.

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

254 25th Aug 2019 15:01
Looks like a German reg Bell 206 long ranger from the photos on Sky news

hueyracer 25th Aug 2019 16:00
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 25th Aug 2019 16:07
Sky now reporting 7 dead
 
https://news.sky.com/story/five-dead...jorca-11793978

helipixman 25th Aug 2019 17:39
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 25th Aug 2019 17:48
BBC reporting the same, 7 dead RIP

roundwego 25th Aug 2019 18:51
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 25th Aug 2019 19:34
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 25th Aug 2019 19:50
Originally Posted by 9Aplus (Post 10554024)
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 25th Aug 2019 20:40
Originally Posted by roundwego (Post 10554003)
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 25th Aug 2019 21:49
Question came up during a discussion...Did Rotorflug fly in Mallorca on a German AOC ?

evil7 26th Aug 2019 06:39
Most definitely, why shouldn‘t they? It‘s Europe after all.


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