Heli crash in Baltic Sea

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 10 Aug 2005, 16:59

A civil helicopter with 12 pax and 2 crew on board is crashed in the Baltic Sea. Only a couple of minutes after take off from Talinn in Estonia the helicopter crashed in bad weather.

The Finish helicopter was on a commercial flight between Talinn and Helsinki when the accident happened.

Still no survivers found reported by Danish Navy

2 crew members from Finland
6 pax from Finland
4 pax from Estland
2 Americans

Koen

realplaneshaveprops · Post by **realplaneshaveprops** » 10 Aug 2005, 17:07

It's a Sikorsky S-76 of Copterline. Probably OH-HCJ
They fly 28 times a day between the two cities. A flight of only 18 minutes.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... entry=true

Koen

Embraer767copilot · Post by **Embraer767copilot** » 10 Aug 2005, 17:12

I live in Estonia....propably the weather was not the reason of this accident...the weather conditions were good for this helicopter...the windspeed was at this moment aproximately 6 meters per second!!!But as the member of Copterline management said that there is 3 possible reasons of accident: bad weather, bomb explosion on board or tecnical problems. The helicopter lies 48 meters deep in The Baltic Sea