23jan2015: Italian military helicopter mishap at Frosinone

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23jan2015: Italian military helicopter mishap at Frosinone

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...this Italian whirlybird may be less damaged than the one at
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=112117 :wink:

http://roma.fanpage.it/frosinone-grave- ... -militare/
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Frosinone, serious accident to a military helicopter.

Just a few minutes at noon when the military airport of Frosinone, a helicopter TH 500B of 72 ° Stormo has impacted the ground taxiing returning from a basic mission.

The crew consists of a pilot instructor and a student of the Italian Army, was fortunately unharmed, but the two soldiers were still at the hospital accompanied by all the necessary investigations.

The helicopter was damaged on impact.

The crew was able to perform shutdown procedures provided,
thereby avoiding fuel leakage and the appearance of flames.

"The Air Force immediately sent a team of experts on site and set up a commission to verify the safety flight dynamics that have caused the accident," so in a statement the Air Force.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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