PC-6 Crash near Toledo
 

BBC: Skydivers survive Spanish crash

Nine skydivers leapt to safety from a stricken aircraft above central Spain before it plummeted to earth with the loss of two lives, Spanish media say.

The pilot and another skydiver were killed when the plane, which had taken off from Lillo in the province of Toledo, came down after losing a wing. Four of the parachutists were injured, two of them seriously.

It was not immediately known why the wing came off. The skydivers were said to include several non-Spaniards.

The plane crashed shortly before 1600 (1400 GMT) on Friday, about 3km ( two miles) outside Lillo airfield, the Spanish news agency Efe reports.

The injured skydivers, all four of them Spanish, were taken to La Mancha Centro hospital in Alcazar de San Juan, it says. One man, 23, suffered a back injury and another, 52, is being treated for a neck injury. The other two had light injuries while the other five jumpers were unhurt.

The plane, a Pilatus PC-6 used for skydiving practice, burst into flames on impact.

According to El Mundo newspaper, it appears the skydiver who died had been sitting in the co-pilot's seat, and had been unable to jump.

Apparently it's the same plane that was used in the Honda ad shown live the evening before.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2leyUvOMEn4

Jumped out there some years ago, RIP the two fatalities.

Sad day for skydiving and aviation as a whole. RIP to those who perished and hope those injured recover quickly.

s/n 700
 

A skydiving aircraft since early 2002, crashed Oct 2002 - can't find an accident/incident report, rebuilt in 2005 by the manufacturer ending up at Skydive Lillo for the last two years.

http://www.pc-6.com/history/700.htm

My thoughts are with the bereaved.

It's reported that it was the very same aircraft that was used for the 'live to air' advert by Honda on TV last thursday night.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...ising.channel4

There is a link to the clip.


As a former skydiver - RIP and Blue Skies, Black Death.

Just a glimpse of a Porter on YouTube, mostly Vans there. Sounds tragically similar to an accident happened in Italy a while ago. Let's wait for the investigation...

RIP to those unlucky ones!

PZ :suspect:

found this link through the pilatus porter website
accident report........