Air disaster in Finland. Two helicopters collided


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Finnish emergency services received a notification about an air accident on the Eura bypass around 12:35 (11.35 in Poland). After arriving at the scene of the incident, the smoke that floated us with machines was noticed. A rescue and firefighting operation was taken.
The accident happened about 1 km from the road leading to the local airport. The helicopters were to start from Estonia and fly to the Piikajärvi airport in Kokmäki in Finland.
– a loud bang sounded. One helicopter fell “like a stone” and the other calmer. I did not see smoke because helicopters fell behind the forest, in a place I could not see, he tells the Finnish portal a witness of the event Antti Marjanen.
Crash. Helicopters flew for show
Ilta Sanomat talked to the Estonian, who introduced himself as the brother of the pilot of one of the helicopters. The helicopter belongs to the Estonian company.
The man said helicopters were flying for an air show. In his opinion, there were two people in one helicopter, and in the other three. So far, there is no information about the state of people who have been on board the machines.




