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التاريخ: الثلاثاء 05 أغسطس 2008 الموافق 4 شعبان 1429هـ
Aug 05. 2008
المكان: سان فرانسيسكو / كاليفورنيا / الولايات المتحدة الاميركية
نوع الطائرة: مروحية هليكوبتر
تابعة:
الضحايا: 11 شخص

تحطمت طائرة هليكوبتر أمريكية تحمل ثلاثة عشر شخصا أثناء قيامها بمساعدة في إطفاء حرائق اندلعت بالغابات في شمال ولاية كاليفورنيا الأمريكية.
وقال متحدث باسم هيئة الطيران الاتحادية إن الهليكوبتر كانت تقل طاقما من فردين و11 من عمال الإطفاء تحطمت وسط ظروف غير معروفة يوم الثلاثاء على بعد حوالي 56 كيلومترا شمال غربي ريدنج في منطقة نائية. وأشار إلى أن محققين من هيئة الطيران الاتحادية والمجلس الوطني لسلامة النقل في طريقهم إلى مكان سقوط الطائرة.
ولم يذكر المصدر الأسباب التي أدت إلى سقوط الطائرة كما لم يذكر مصير ركابها.

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وقد تابعة الخبر من خلال النشرات الاخبارية ووجدت تعقيبات له في بعض المواقع الأخبارية ، تفيد بأن نوع الطائرة هي سايكوريسكي N-61
وإلى الآن مفقود 8 أشخاص بمن فيهم مساعد قائد الطائرة

8 firefighters, pilot believed dead in California helicopter crash

Eight firefighters and a pilot are feared dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday.
The helicopter had lifted off from a clearing in a remote, rugged region of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, said Jennifer Rabuck, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service. It was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday night in the same forest, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

Four people were taken to hospitals with severe burns, including two in critical condition, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The Sikorsky S-61 chopper was destroyed by fire after crashing "under unknown circumstances" in a remote mountain location, said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor. FAA and NTSB investigators were headed to the scene, about 345 kilometres northwest of Sacramento.

Firefighters who were waiting to be picked up helped rescue the injured after the helicopter crashed around 7:45 p.m. PT and caught fire, Rabuck said. About three dozen firefighters had to spend the night on the mountain because it became too dark for other helicopters to land, she said.

Nine people — a co-pilot and eight firefighters — were still missing in the wreckage and presumed killed. Recovery efforts have been complicated by the remote location, and the wreckage is still burning, Rabuck said.

"It's difficult to access," she said. "It's very remote, very steep and heavily forested."

The firefighters had been working at the northern end of a fire burning over more than 70 square kilometres in the national forest, part of a larger complex of blazes that is mostly contained.

The helicopter was owned and operated by Carson Helicopters Inc., whose firefighting operations are based in Grants Pass, Ore. All 12 of the company's helicopters are being used for firefighting in Oregon and California, said Bob Madden, Carson's director of corporate affairs.

The helicopter's two co-pilots were Carson employees, Madden said; one was hospitalized and the other was among the missing.

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