FIVE folks have died after two helicopters crashed into one another in Finland.
One of many helicopters reportedly “dropped like a stone” because the choppers spiralled uncontrolled.
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The two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded space close to Eura airport at round 12pm, in keeping with police.
Terrified bystanders watched because the choppers fell 600ft from the sky into the close by woodland.
The helicopters had reportedly taken off from Estonia, and have been on their approach to an aviation occasion.
Flight monitoring information confirmed the plane flying intently collectively for many of their journey.
However at round 12:30pm each choppers mysteriously disappeared from radar close to Eura airport.
Shortly after disappearing they have been seen crashing into one another in a horror smash that killed everybody onboard.
One witness Antti Marjanen noticed the helicopters hit one another throughout a manoeuvre.
Marjanen advised Finnish media outlet Iltalehti: “One in every of them dropped like a stone and the opposite yet another slowly.
“I didn’t hear any sound.”
Emergency crews rushed to the scene the place they discovered the 2 choppers 300ft aside.
Nationwide Bureau of Investigation Detective Chief Inspector Johannes Siirilä mentioned: “5 folks have died in a helicopter accident close to Eura airport on Saturday.”
The Estonian Ministry of Overseas affairs confirmed to public broadcaster ERR that everybody onboard the helicopters had died.
The identities of the passengers are unknown however it’s believed that one of many pilots was well-known Estonian entrepreneur Oleg Sõnajalg.
Organisers on the Piikajärvi Airfield confirmed that the 2 helicopters have been anticipated on the aviation occasion.
Chairman of the Pori Aviation Membership Ari Pullinen mentioned: “We knew they have been en route. Among the others arrived, however some didn’t.”
This comes as three folks have been killed after a medical helicopter carrying a patient plunged into the sea in Japan.
An additional three folks together with the pilot, nurse and helicopter mechanic have been rushed to hospital after being rescued by the coastguard.
