5 individuals had been killed when two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded space close to Eura airport in south-western Finland, police have mentioned.
Police mentioned the mid-air collision occurred shortly after midday on Saturday close to the city of Kauttua, with the wreckage falling 700 metres from the Ohikulkutie street.
“5 individuals have died in a helicopter accident close to Eura airport on Saturday,” DCI Johannes Siirilä, of the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation, mentioned.
Media reported that the helicopters had taken off from Estonia and had been carrying enterprise individuals, with three individuals in a single and two within the different.
Finnish newspaper Iltalehti quoted a witness, Antti Marjanen, as saying he noticed one of many helicopters hit the opposite throughout a manoeuvre.
“One in all them dropped like a stone and the opposite yet one more slowly. I didn’t hear any sound,” Marjanen was quoted as saying.
One helicopter was registered in Estonia and the opposite in Austria, based on an Estonian Public Broadcasting report, citing Finland’s Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. Each belonged to Estonian firms. One was owned by NOBE and the opposite by Eleon, the report added.
The helicopters had been reportedly en path to a interest aviation occasion, based on the Pori Aviation Membership.
The Nationwide Bureau of Investigation is main a joint inquiry with native police, and Finnish and Estonian authorities are cooperating.
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