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Date: | Saturday 27 May 1978 |
Time: | day |
Type: | MBB Bo 105CBS |
Owner/operator: | Rega - Swiss Air Ambulance |
Registration: | HB-XGM |
MSN: | S-324 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bern-Bümpliz -
Switzerland
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During a skyscraper evacuation exercise with the vertical net the net's fastening rope breaks. 2 passengers and
1 Rega rescuer fallen to his death, 2 were injured.
Cause
The accident was caused by the carrier strap not being properly attached to the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Flight International 20 Januar 1979
Hamburger Abendblatt 29 May 1978, p22
https://www.rega.ch/fileadmin/seiteninhalt/4_Aktuell/2_Publikationen/1_Rega-Magazin_1414/PDF_Rega_Magazin_78_de.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Feb-2013 13:48 |
TB |
Added |
29-Jan-2016 18:38 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
31-Mar-2022 17:05 |
PolandMoment |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Feb-2024 10:55 |
jsm |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
21-Feb-2024 10:58 |
ASN |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Accident report] |