Not much left: Italian Guardia di Finanza NH-500 crash pics

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Date: 17-DEC-2012
Time: 12:30 LT

Type: Brenda Nardi NH-500 Cayuse Hughes
Operator: Guardia di Finanza

Registration:
C/n / msn:

Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities: 0

Airplane damage: Unknown
Location: nr Pizzo Tambò, Sondrio Province - Italy

Phase: En route
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft, a Breda Nardi NH-500 Cayuse Hughes helicopter, crashed in mountainous area in the territory of Madesimo (Valchiavenna) Piz Tambo, Sondrioo Province.

The aircraft sustained unreported damage and the three passengers onboard the helicopter received minor injuries.

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=151272 ,
with a Google-translation of
http://mediterranews.org/2012/12/valchi ... -i-feriti/
at
http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... -feriti%2F

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Photos taken from
http://heliweb.forumcommunity.net/?t=53254920

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5002/1671670madesimo.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/24xe5hd.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/11m55yt.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/eqxr11.jpg

It is quite a miracle that not only there were no fatalities, but also that injuries were apparently rather light as well...