Accident Mil Mi-2 SP-ASY,
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Date:Sunday 15 February 1998
Time:c. 14:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-2
Owner/operator:Aeroclub Grudziadz
Registration: SP-ASY
MSN: 5211044 129
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Śniardwy lake -   Poland
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Mikołajki
Destination airport:Mikołajki
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Helicopter with 7 tourists from "Golębiewski" Hotel crashed in very bad weather (generally very heavy fog). One passenger survived in very cold water (ca 0°C) one hour. Majority of passengers and pilot drowned but rescuers found one women inside the helicopter.
Probable cause - undetermined. Pilot was under activity of drug alprazolam and he let to loose climate inside helicopter (such as: passenger on seat next to pilot hadn't seat belt).

Sources:

unknown
Soviet Transports

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jan-2008 10:40 Matio Added
04-May-2017 12:58 TB Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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