AS350 damaged in transit
 

I've seen a press report dated May 1 with pictures of an AS350B1 LN-OPE of Helitrans AS which got squashed when someone apparently dropped a container on it at the dock side but since I don't know Norwegian that's all I know. Would welcome details of when and where it happened and anything about the event.

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Such a pity.


Link to the story:
http://sermitsiaq.gl/indland/article4937.ece
From a local newspaper in Nuuk - unfortunately only in Danish.
I short it says that a container from the pile next to the helicopter fell down onto the helicopter. Not much about what caused the incident.

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RD

ouch :mad:

Well well – my Danish skills have come in handy twice in the last couple of weeks!!


A container crane on Atlant docks accidentally knocked a container down on top of a helicopter which was standing on the docks.

The crane puushed over a container which was sat on top of two other containers, causing the helicopter to be destroyed. The helicopter was standing in an open container.

“It is naturally regrettable, but it just shows that there is far too little space on the docks” said RAL’s Head of Marketing Ivalo Egede.

The insurance situation is not yet concluded, so the Head of Marketing was unable to comment on how much the accident was likely to have cost.

The incident happened last weekend

FF

A bit of filler and paint will sort that out!

Yeah, funny things containers unless you treat them right ....


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The helicopter was very well isured :) ,i know becourse it was me who packed and send the helicopter.

It was loaded in Julianehab in south of Greenland and the accident happend in Nuuk while the were re-loading the helicopter to another boat to take it to Denmark.

Typical courier response sucking in through the teeth... "Nah, it was like that when we got it mate"

That is why i took many pictures at the delivery:ok:

tc88biker, you're excused. :ok: When seeing the photo thought you may have forgotten the "Fragile - Top Loading Only" sticker.

Thanks for posting your pictures it really made my day
i have a gazelle on the high seas now coming from miami in a container

i hope it arrives better than the 350

Fantastic pictures! I like the registration - very much INOP(E) I would say hee hee

Aircraft are meant to be flown and not carried on ships.

Try telling that to the US Navy... ;)

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what about the uk navy

What about the 'uk navy'?

That's a pic of the USS George Washington... :rolleyes: