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19 جمادى الأولى 1429هـ الموافق 24 مايو 2008م
التاريخ: السبت May 24, 2008 الموافق 19 جمادى الأولى 1429هـ
مكان الحادث: LOS ANGELES
نوع الطائرة: هيلوكبتر helicopter من نوع Eurocopter AS 350
عدد الضحايا: 3 قتلى و 3 مصابين
19 جمادى الأولى 1429هـ الموافق 24 مايو 2008م
التاريخ: السبت May 24, 2008 الموافق 19 جمادى الأولى 1429هـ
مكان الحادث: LOS ANGELES
نوع الطائرة: هيلوكبتر helicopter من نوع Eurocopter AS 350
عدد الضحايا: 3 قتلى و 3 مصابين
تحطمت طائرة مروحية تقل مجموعة من السياح اليوم السبت على إحدى الجزر جنوب كالفورنيا مما أدى الى مقتل ثلاثة أشخاص وإصابة ثلاثة آخرين.
وقالت المسؤولة في الشرطة الامريكية مليني فلاورز إن الأجواء الماطرة هوت بالمروحية على الجزء الغربي من جزيرة سانت كاتلينا وأشعلت في المروحية النيران مضيفة أنه تم نقل المصابين إلى مستشفى قريب من مكان الحادثة.
ولم يعرف بالتحديد الأسباب التي أدت الى تحطم المروحية غير أنها كانت تطير في أجواء ماطرة وقت وقع الحادث.
وقالت المسؤولة في الشرطة الامريكية مليني فلاورز إن الأجواء الماطرة هوت بالمروحية على الجزء الغربي من جزيرة سانت كاتلينا وأشعلت في المروحية النيران مضيفة أنه تم نقل المصابين إلى مستشفى قريب من مكان الحادثة.
ولم يعرف بالتحديد الأسباب التي أدت الى تحطم المروحية غير أنها كانت تطير في أجواء ماطرة وقت وقع الحادث.
Helicopter crash on island off Southern California coast kills 3, injures 3
A tour helicopter crashed on an island off the Southern California coast Saturday morning, killing three people and injuring three others, a county sheriff's deputy said.
The helicopter shot flames from its exhaust pipe while it was over water, then went down on the west end of Santa Catalina Island near Two Harbors, causing a small fire that was quickly doused, said county sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
The crash killed two men and one woman immediately, said County Supervising Fire Dispatcher Melanie Flores. Their identities were not released.
Two injured women and one injured man were taken by helicopter to mainland hospitals, Whitmore said. Two of the injured were in critical condition with broken bones and other injuries.
Deborah Hansen said she was out walking when she saw the helicopter lose control and crash, creating a large explosion.
"I just knew it was going to crash," Hansen said by telephone. "I just started running and got to it just as it crashed."
She said some passengers were thrown from the aircraft and that she and another bystander pulled survivors away from the flames. She said one woman from the helicopter was able to crawl to safety but a male survivor couldn't move.
The Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter was a private tour aircraft from Island Express, Deputy Chuck Upton said.
The owner of Island Express had gone to the scene of the crash, said a woman who answered the company's telephone. She declined to give her name and other details.
The company provides charters and tours to the island and other Southern California destinations, according to its Web site.
A tour helicopter crashed on an island off the Southern California coast Saturday morning, killing three people and injuring three others, a county sheriff's deputy said.
The helicopter shot flames from its exhaust pipe while it was over water, then went down on the west end of Santa Catalina Island near Two Harbors, causing a small fire that was quickly doused, said county sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
The crash killed two men and one woman immediately, said County Supervising Fire Dispatcher Melanie Flores. Their identities were not released.
Two injured women and one injured man were taken by helicopter to mainland hospitals, Whitmore said. Two of the injured were in critical condition with broken bones and other injuries.
Deborah Hansen said she was out walking when she saw the helicopter lose control and crash, creating a large explosion.
"I just knew it was going to crash," Hansen said by telephone. "I just started running and got to it just as it crashed."
She said some passengers were thrown from the aircraft and that she and another bystander pulled survivors away from the flames. She said one woman from the helicopter was able to crawl to safety but a male survivor couldn't move.
The Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter was a private tour aircraft from Island Express, Deputy Chuck Upton said.
The owner of Island Express had gone to the scene of the crash, said a woman who answered the company's telephone. She declined to give her name and other details.
The company provides charters and tours to the island and other Southern California destinations, according to its Web site.
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