Mangalore Helicopter Crash

[red750]

News sources are reporting a helicopter crash near Mangalore this morning in which two people are reported to have been killed. Other details are not yet available.

 

 

[Guest avi8tr]

There's not much info on this crash at all. Said it happened to a helicopter that left this morning and that was about it.

 

From memory they have a dozen R22's online up there plus a few others, so it could be anyone of those or a private one.

 

 

[Guest aviatrix27]

now they're saying it's a gyrocopter - typical media

 

 

[Guest Michael Coates]

yes, reported as a local gyro instructor and student crashed on landing on 18, seems there are a few witness at airport which saw the crash

 

 

[red750]

And another incident:

 

From au.news.yahoo.com:

 

Light plane crashes in SA

 

ABC Updated January 14, 2012, 6:57 pm

 

The pilot of a homemade light aircraft has walked away from a crash near Whyalla in South Australia's mid-north.

 

It is believed engine problems brought down the plane at 2:00pm today, near Iron Knob Road.

 

It caught fire on impact, causing a small grass fire.

 

Fire crews say the pilot, who was the sole occupant of the plane, was shaken but unhurt.