The police are trying to reach the place of collapse of two civil helicopters that collapsed on Saturday in Finland. Photo: Petri Hakosalo / Lehtikuva / Profimedia
Five people died after two helicopters collided, then collapsed on Saturday in Finland.
According to their flight plans, one of the helicopters transported two people and the other three. According to the press, it's about business people.
The helicopters had taken off from Estonia.
A witness interviewed by the Finnish newspaper Ilarhti said he saw one of helicopters performing a maneuver and hitting the other flight apparatus. “One fell like a stone, the other slower, I didn't hear any noise,” said the newspaper Anti Marjanen.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, there are no survivors, tells news.ro, citing international press agencies.
The Estonia press reports that among the helicopters were Estonian businessmen Oleg SõaAlg and Jagant. The names of the other passengers have not yet been made public.
At the time of the collision, the helicopters were in flight from Tallinn to the Piikajärvi aerodrome in Kokemäki. The rescue teams located the helicopters collapsed in a wooded area, about 100 meters away from each other.
