2011 Andorra helicopter crash

2011 Andorra helicopter crash
	Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil similar to the aircraft involved in the crash
Crash
Date	15 June 2011
Site	Near Estany Primer de Juclar, Andorra
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Operator	Heliand operated by CAT Helicopters
Registration	EC-LHP
Flight origin	Pont d’Incles
Destination	Juclar
Occupants	6
Crew	4
Fatalities	5
Injuries	1
Survivors	1

On the 15 June 2011 a Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil operated a ferry flight from Pont d’Incles to Juclar refuge centre in the NorthEast of Andorra. While en-route the pilots lost control and crashed into mountainside, killing five of the six on board. The accident is the deadliest air accident in Andorra.[1]

References

"Report EXT Andorra 2011 – Accident involving an AS 350 B3 helicopter, registration EC-LHP, operated by Heliand (CAT Helicopters), in Pleta de Juclar (Canillo - Principality of Andorra), on 15 June 2011" (PDF). CIAIAC. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-21.

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[gob-1] "Report EXT Andorra 2011 – Accident involving an AS 350 B3 helicopter, registration EC-LHP, operated by Heliand (CAT Helicopters), in Pleta de Juclar (Canillo - Principality of Andorra), on 15 June 2011" (PDF). CIAIAC. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-21.