Crash of the luxembourg Air Rescuev helicopter: The first conclusions

The pictures are impressive and were particularly in the social networks divided many times. On Friday, May 23, there was a serious incident in the late afternoon with a rescue helicopter from Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR). The helicopter was in the north of the country near Nothum, in the Reservoirin a traffic accident.

When the helicopter took off the road, the rotor blades grazed branches of a tree. The helicopter was destabilized and put on the floor hard. In technical jargon this is called “Hard Landing« . Nobody was injured, but the helicopter is currently no longer suitable for flight.

At the request of « Virgule », the Luxembourg Air Rescue announced some details about the accident and its consequences.

The circumstances of the accident are examined

On the video recordings of RTL can be seen that the helicopter model Airbus H145 D3 on the N26 was used in the middle of the forest. Wouldn’t there be any other landing option nearby? « In emergencies, every minute counts, the emergency services have to land near the accident. In this case, it was a traffic accident because the road was closed, the place was suitable for landing, » assures Didier Dandifosse, Coo « Rotor Wing & Medical » of the lar.

The landing itself went without any problems. « In our emergency operations, we end up on different types of terrain every day. We carry out more than 2,000 emergency operations every year. Our crews are experienced and trained for this type of mission, » added Didier Dandifosse.

So what happened at the start? Was it a misjudgment of the pilot? Or is the accident traced back to one or more external factors? So far there has been no explanation. « It is still too early to draw any conclusions. A detailed analysis is currently underway to understand the circumstances that led to this incident, » explains Didier Dandrifosse, who, above all, emphasized that « all emergency procedures to which our teams are trained and all security systems worked perfectly. We are pleased that no one was injured in hard landing ».

Reserve support is used

The helicopter was badly damaged. The following also applies here: « It is still too early to give an assessment. A technical investigation is running. » This will result in which repairs must be carried out, how expensive they become and how long the helicopter will be.

As was emphasized on Friday evening, the missions carried out by the LAR are not affected by this incident. « First of all, the service is fully ensured using a reserve support.

This article first appeared at “Virgule« . It was translated using AI applications and edited by Mike Stebens.