Three Fatally Injured In SAR Accident In Spain | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.10.24

Airborne-NextGen-06.11.24

Airborne-Unlimited-06.12.24 Airborne-FltTraining-06.13.24

Airborne-Unlimited-06.14.24

Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Three Fatally Injured In SAR Accident In Spain

Helicopter Rotors Touched A Mountainside During Rescue Attempt

Three members of a Spanish police force search and rescue (SAR) crew were fatally injured Sunday when the helicopter they were aboard went down during a rescue attempt.

According to a statement released by the regional government of Castilla y Leon and relayed by the Associated Press, the three police officers, all members of Spain's rural Civil Guard police, were attempting to rescue an injured mountain climber near Polinosa about 270 miles north of Madrid when the accident occurred. They had lowered a fourth crewmember by winch to the injured person when the helicopter's main rotor touched the mountainside. The surviving crewmember said that the aircraft fell down the slope, fatally injuring the three still on board the aircraft.

No one on the ground was injured. Four additional helicopters and an ambulance were sent to the accident scene, the statement said.

FMI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Spain)

Advertisement

More News

ANNouncement: Now Accepting Applications For Oshkosh 2024 Stringers!!!

An Amazing Experience Awaits The Chosen Few... Oshkosh, to us, seems the perfect place to get started on watching aviation recover the past couple of years... and so ANN is putting>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.13.24)

“NBAA has a tremendous responsibility to the business aviation industry, and we are constantly collaborating with them. Our flight departments, professionals and aircraft own>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.13.24): Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning Dead reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed,>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.13.24)

Aero Linx: Vertical Aviation Safety Team (VAST) We are a public–private initiative to enhance worldwide flight operations safety in all segments of the vertical flight indust>[...]

ANN FAQ: How Do I Become A News Spy?

We're Everywhere... Thanks To You! Even with the vast resources and incredibly far-reaching scope of the Aero-News Network, every now and then a story that should be reported on sl>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC