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| Date: | Thursday 4 December 2025 |
| Time: | c. 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters AS 350B3e (Airbus H125) |
| Owner/operator: | Wucher Helicopter GmbH |
| Registration: | OE-XHV |
| MSN: | 8775 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near La Prese, Lanzada, SO -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | ANSV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Airbus Helicopters AS 350B3e (Airbus H125) carrying out salvage work on the Valmalenco landslide crashed when it struck a rock outcrop near Le Prese, Lanzada, Sondrio.
Two occupants were onboard, both of which were lightly injured, and one worker on the ground killed.
The helicopter was writte noff.
Note: the official type ID (as printed on the c/n plate) is still an Airbus Helicopters AS 350B3e and Airbus H125 is just marketing name!
Sources:
https://www.wucher-helicopter.at/ueber-uns/news/detail/medieninformation/
https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3332824/
https://primalavaltellina.it/cronaca/elicottero-caduto-tre-feriti-nessuno-e-gravissimo-le-foto/
https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_dicembre_04/valtellina-caduto-elicottero-con-quattro-persone-a-bordo-si-cercano-i-passeggeri-3352a1ea-f52a-411b-aeaa-62c74c2daxlk.shtml
https://www.gazzetta.it/Motori/04-12-2025/valtellina-precipita-un-elicottero-illesi-e-soccorsi-gli-occupanti-presenti-a-bordo.shtml
https://www.sondriotoday.it/cronaca/lanzada-elicottero-caduto-condizioni-pilota-operai-soccorso-alpino-guardia-finanza.html
https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2025/12/sondrio-precipita-elicottero-impegnato-nei-lavori-di-ripristino-della-frane-in-valmalenco-0ac479b5-6490-46ea-9938-36dc0324969a.html
https://www.radiolombardia.it/2025/12/04/tragedia-in-valtellina-incidente-aereo-a-lanzada-un-morto/
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2025/12/04/cade-un-elicottero-un-morto.-tra-i-feriti-maurizio-folini-pilota-esperto-di-himalaya_0d66be29-3793-4383-944d-80fed10afa3e.html
https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3332824/
https://www.wucher-helicopter.at/ueber-uns/news/detail/medieninformation/
https://ansv.it/incidente-in-provincia-di-sondrio-4/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/1368896_1729012600.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
🚨ULTIM’ORA
— L'Indipendente (@lindipende) December 4, 2025
Valtellina, precipita elicottero: salvi pilota e passeggeri
Un elicottero impegnato nelle operazioni di disgaggio a Lanzada, in località Le Prese, è precipitato questa mattina dopo aver urtato un ramo. Il velivolo, pilotato dall’esperto Maurizio Folini, è andato in… pic.twitter.com/zJhsAOt8l7
#Sondrio, intervento dei #vigilidelfuoco in corso dalle 8:40 a Lanzada, in Valmalenco, per l’incidente a un elicottero privato.
— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) December 4, 2025
Tre feriti soccorsi e affidati al personale sanitario. Deceduto un quarto occupante, in atto le operazioni di recupero del corpo [#4dicembre 13:30] pic.twitter.com/ehCBlWMK27
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2025 09:35 | SignorPignolini | Added |
| 04-Dec-2025 09:36 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 09:38 | ASN | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 10:57 | YacineBoussoufa | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 12:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 13:15 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 13:20 | YacineBoussoufa | Updated [Embed code, Category, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 14:55 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 15:18 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 15:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2025 21:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Dec-2025 07:28 | joker | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Dec-2025 11:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2025 07:15 | ASN | Updated |
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