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News: fatal crashed Heli Air Monaco AS350B2

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Anyone know which one?

Google-translation of
http://www.direttanews.it/2010/12/08/tr ... n-francia/
Found the bodies of three technicians on board the helicopter crashed yesterday in France

CORPSES FOUND AIR - have been found on the French side of the Roja Valley, near the village of Breil, the corpses of three technicians who were aboard a helicopter crashed at around 16:30 yesterday.

Beside the bodies, the remains of the aircraft.

This is Franck Malchaux, helicopter pilot, Vincent Bestagno, geologist of the Conseil General des Alpes Maritimes (the organ equivalent to our French province) and Bruno Maupomè, technical societies 'Heaven Climber'.

The three formed the crew of the helicopter Heli Air Monaco, reported missing yesterday afternoon in the area of Full High, on the French side of the Roya Valley, near the town of Breil, in the valley below the pumping station.

The aim of the three technicians was to make an inspection on the 20 state landslide fell on the Col di Tenda, shortly before the town of Breil.

Perhaps because of rain and thick fog, the helicopter crashed in a rocky valley. Party to about 15 from Monaco, the helicopter has made an initial inspection of aircraft around 15.30 and around 16.30 is gone.

Some witnesses said they heard it fly over the area and, suddenly, have not heard anything.

A huge relief device, made by French Mountain Rescue, Civil Defence and Sapeurs Pompiers, has set out towards the place of the accident.

Despite the bad weather and inaccessible area, the bodies of three occupants were eventually found.
The recovery of remains will take place during the day.
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Re: PHOTO: that fatally crashed Heli Air Monaco AS365 Dauphin...

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What happend there??? the rotorhead and gearbox are completly gone :shock:


Btw, It's a AW-109 instead of the AS365 Dauphin you are suggesting. Or it isn't the correct picture from that accident...
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Re: News: fatal crashed Heli Air Monaco AS350B2

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You're right, I was fooled... :oops:

The footage at [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLL1qXw_bE[/youtube] was made at the actual scene.
It doesn't even look remotely like the scene at the photo above...
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Re: News: fatal crashed Heli Air Monaco AS350B2

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Stratofreighter wrote:You're right, I was fooled... :oops:

The footage at [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLL1qXw_bE[/youtube] was made at the actual scene.
It doesn't even look remotely like the scene at the photo above...
According to Helihub.com it was an AS350B2 of Heli Air Monaco. Full identity not yet known.

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Re: News: fatal crashed Heli Air Monaco AS350B2

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The helicopter involved in this tragic incident was:
3A-MTP AS350 B2 c/n 1996
Rotorspot wrote:According to Helihub.com it was an AS350B2 of Heli Air Monaco. Full identity not yet known.

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