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**PICS** Brazilian army crew walk away from AS550 crash

  • 21-01-2011 10:26pm
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    Steyr
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    http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/01/21/352182/pictures-brazilian-army-crew-walk-away-from-as550-crash.html

    Aircraft
    DATE:21/01/11
    SOURCE:Flight International

    Brazilian army crew walk away from AS550 crash
    By Craig Hoyle


    Three Brazilian army crew members had a lucky escape when their Eurocopter AS550 Fennec helicopter crashed in Nova Friburgo on 20 January.

    Media reports suggest that the mishap occurred when the single-engined aircraft was caught by a gust of wind while hovering a few feet above the ground before landing. One of 19 AS550s in Brazilian army service, it sustained substantial damage to its main rotor and Turbomecca Arriel 1D engine as it came to a rest on its side against a mound of earth.

    Both images © KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
    A135F4D355C04ADC9082FD32B0ADD5F2-0000336624-0002134026-00445L-5C18ED36BE184452A9E4BF783D14422B.jpg

    4BD49187C8294A21BF5F647E00DC550E-0000336624-0002134025-00445L-14F1526BCBFB47FFB2F10A99AEE70625.jpg

    The aircraft was being flown as part of the military's contribution to relief efforts following recent floods and mudslides near the capital Rio de Janeiro.

    Pictures show the damaged aircraft as carrying the registration EB-1032, which Flightglobal's HeliCAS database says entered service in 1993.


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