التاريخ: الاحد 17-02-2008 الموافق 10 صفر 1429هـ
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Feb 26, 2008
نوع الطائرة: 1- Cessna152 2- هيلوكبتر
مكان الحادث: ولينغتون نيوزلندا
Paraparaumu, north of Wellington
تابعة:
عدد الضحايا: 3 أشخاص
لقي ثلاثة أشخاص حتفهم أثر إصطدام طائرة صغيرة بمروحية في الجو شمالي العاصمة النيوزيلندية اليوم.
وذكر عمال إنقاذ أن رجلين كانوا على متن مروحية في رحلة تدريبية ماتوا بعد اصطدامها ببناية بسبب إحتكاك ذيلها بجناح طائرة صغيرة , وتسبب الحادث في موت قائد الطائرة الصغيرة بعد تحطمها في المستشفى.
وقال المتحدث بأسم الشرطة أن المروحية تحطمت فوق سقف مخزن للادوات في مستوطنة باراباروما الساحلية، ولم يتعرض أي من سكان المخزن لاصابات , وقد تحطمت الطائرة الصغيرة في شارع وتم نقل طيارها للمستشفى وتوفي فيما بعد.
LATEST: A light plane and a helicopter have crashed after colliding in mid-air above Paraparaumu, north of Wellington this morning.
It is understood two people from the helicopter were killed.
The collision appeared to occur above the Placemakers store about 11.15am. It is understood the crippled helicopter crashed into Placemakers and the light aircraft came down over Dennis Taylor Court, narrowly missing a house.
It is believed no customers or staff at the hardware store were injured.
It has been reported that the plane's pilot, the sole occupant, was alive when he was pulled from the wreckage. One eye witness told NZPA the pilot was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Eyewitness Anne Russell said she was watching the aircraft and thought they were getting too close to each other.
"Then the left wing of the plane heading west toward the airport clipped the tail of the helicopter that was heading south - broke the wing off the plane which spun to the ground. The chopper seemed to carry on in a straight line for a brief moment, then plummeted straight down to the ground at high speed.
"The scream of the chopper falling will haunt me for a while."
Emergency services from Wellington to Otaki are responding en masse to the crash, which is understood to have also caused serious injuries.
Inspector Steve Darroch from Wellington Police said police were dealing with two separate crash scenes.
Police were yet to determine how many people were on the plane and helicopter.
Firefighters, ambulance staff and police were at the scene.
An experienced rescue helicopter pilot and two other people have died after a light plane and a helicopter collided in mid-air above Paraparaumu, north of Wellington.
Flying instructor Dave Fielding and a student pilot undergoing a flying test died instantly when their Helipro helicopter plummeted through the roof of Placemakers in Kapiti Rd at 11.13am.
The plane's male pilot, the sole occupant, was taken by Westpac rescue helicopter to Wellington Hospital where he died late this afternoon from multiple injuries.
Square Trust Rescue heliopter chief pilot John Funnell said Mr Fielding, 30, had piloted a rescue helicopter for 14 months and was a highly qualified flight instructor and examiner.
"Dave was a great pilot with a great attitude. It is a huge loss to the rescue helicopter community and will be missed by us all," he said.
He said the Square Trust Rescue Helicopter team extended their sympathies to Mr Fielding's, three-month-old daughter, and his parents.
He was a popular and generous man, friends say, whose work with the trust helped save hundreds of lives.
His parents and fiance are said to be "absolutely devastated".
Mr Funnell said Fielding was a much loved and highly respected colleague who had been identified as having a very bright future.
"Just last Friday a lot of us at the trust got together to discuss things, and Dave was someone we talked about as having a very bright future ... we were trying to encourage him to get into management," Funnell said.
"He just had a great personality and a great way with people."
Within hours of the crash, the trust received calls from people expressing their grief at his passing and gratitude for his work.
"I have absolutely no doubt he touched many people ... the staff here are really struggling to come to terms with losing such a fantastic person.
"Our thoughts are with his family, and the families of others involved with the accident."
"I have always wanted to pilot a rescue helicopter," Mr Fielding said last year. "The job is both exciting and very rewarding."