Five dead in Mallorca
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Five dead in Mallorca
Five people reported dead in Mallorca after a collision between a light aircraft and a helicopter over the town of Inca. No further details.
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Re: Five dead in Mallorca
Now seven dead.
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Re: Five dead in Mallorca
It seems the helicopter was a German registered Bell 206 LongRanger.
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Re: Five dead in Mallorca
And the aircraft Spanish registration.
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Re: Five dead in Mallorca
The Foxbat is a two seat ultralight aircraft. It appears that the mid-air occurred within sight of Son Bonet airfield at an altitude of less than 1000 feet. A Mark 1 eyeball failure somewhere in this sad accident as Son Bonet does not appear to be equipped with radar as a GA and leisure commercial traffic field.A Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III (D-HOTT) and an Aeroprakt A22L Foxbat (EC-GU1) were involved in a mid-air collision accident over Inca, Mallorca,
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228505
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