Turma helicopters flew close together – according to an expert, the cause is often lack of language skills
Eura’s helicopter accident|The helicopters involved in Turma had risen to the air from Tallinn and, according to the rescue service, was on its way to Piikajärvi Airport in Kokemäki.
17.5. 4:50 pm
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Two helicopters from Tallinn fell in Eura. They were on their way to Piikajärvi Airport in Kokemäki.
Jani Hottola, Specialist at Traficom, says that a nearby flight may be due to the level of language skills.
The formation flights are regulated by the common European aviation rules that require the consensus of the masters and the agreed methods.
Jani Hottola, Specialist at Traficom.
In euro The fallen two helicopters flew very close to each other.
For tourist flights from abroad Jani Hottola According to experience, be unprecedented. A possible cause of a formation flight may be language skills.
« It may be that the commander of another machine does not find his or her own English skill or does not meet its use of its use. Then, in the formation of the formation, only the cable machine communicates with the air traffic control. They are treated as one aircraft from the air traffic control. »
The helicopters involved in Turma had risen to the air from Tallinn and, according to the rescue service, was on its way to Piikajärvi Airport in Kokemäki.
Formation flights Regulation of common European aviation rules. It requires a joint decision of aircraft masters. In addition, there must be a pre -made arrangement for them.
« Thus, the mutual understanding and mutualized methods are required. It does not require any special training or authority permission. But if it is done in a supervised airspace, then there must be any additional conditions in addition to these common European rules. »
In addition, the rules include the fact that one aircraft master is named as the leader of the formation. The leader of the formation and the other aircraft flying masters are responsible for avoiding collisions of the aircraft.
On the supervised According to Hottola, the airspace means that air traffic control has a view of the area. These include, for example, near airports and higher airspace.
« In these areas, the use and flying of airspace is controlled by air traffic control services, and air traffic control may provide instructions and regulations to pilots. In the unattended airspace, the responsibility for avoiding clashes is the responsibility of aircraft chiefs. »
The helicopters involved in Turma were Robinson R44. According to Hottola, these are especially used for hobby and training activities.
« It has been the best sold general aviation helicopter every year in this millennium. So this is an extremely common machine. »
