It may have been a sudden gust of wind that caused the accident that occurred at kilometer 6 of the M-40 motorway in Madrid: a few moments after takeoff, a helicopter In fact, there was an accident on the road that also involved a passing car and three people were injured.
The incident occurred yesterday, Friday December 1, on the route of the M-40 near Campo de las Unidas, near Ifema, where the European Rotors aviation exhibition has been taking place in recent days. The yellow helicopter with the acronym F-HPUX was also on display during the four-day event, considered one of the most important helicopter industry events in Europe.
Immediately after takeoff, the vehicle had problems and hit the asphalt and hit him Traffic island. Several teams from the Fire Department of the Municipality of Madrid and the Civil Defense of Samur responded to the scene and provided assistance to those involved in the accident. One of the helicopter’s occupants got out alone, while the other was rescued by rescuers. Both were taken to hospital, one with a minor head injury and the other with a possible broken femur. There is also one Third party injured: This is the driver of a car that was traveling on M-40 at the time. The plane did not directly collide with the car, but the force of the helicopter’s impact with the road shattered the glass of the car windows, resulting in minor injuries to the driver.
It was the firefighters of Madrid who removed the various parts where the helicopter had broken, cleared the road and allowed cars to circulate again. The task of shedding light on the facts and causes of the crash now falls to the specialists from the “Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil” of the Ministry of Transport and the National Police.
The most likely hypothesis at the moment, which the government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martìn, told the press, is that it was a strong and sudden incident Gust of wind This causes you to lose control of the vehicle. The mayor of the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, praised the skills of the helicopter pilot, who despite the emergency managed to keep a cool head, make an emergency landing and at the same time limit the damage to the people: “The consequences would have been much worse .” if it hadn’t been for the pilot’s maneuver.